thankless
英 [ˈθæŋkləs]
美 [ˈθæŋkləs]
adj. 让人不领情的; 徒劳无益的; 吃力不讨好的
BNC.33006 / COCA.24187
牛津词典
adj.
- 让人不领情的；徒劳无益的；吃力不讨好的
unpleasant or difficult to do and unlikely to bring you any rewards or thanks from anyone- Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .
做母亲和家庭主妇有时使人觉得好像是个受累不讨好的差使。
- Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (工作、任务)吃力不讨好的，劳而无功的
If you describe a job or task asthankless, you mean that it is hard work and brings very few rewards.- Soccer referees have a thankless task.
足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
- Soccer referees have a thankless task.
双语例句
- Does the president's speech presage a newly energetic sally by the administration into this thankless, daunting battlefield?
奥巴马的讲话是否预示着美国政府将在这片冷酷、棘手的战场上重新发起冲锋？ - It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.
那是一件吃力不讨好的事情，所以我们很快就不让他做了。 - But as Christmas draws near he has confessed on a fans 'website that he is finding it all a pretty thankless task.
但圣诞其间，他在一个球迷网站上公开承认，自己觉得这项工作完全是费力不讨好。 - Suing the ultimate Chinese culprit is a thankless task.
起诉最终的中国责任人是件费力不讨好的差事。 - Ungrateful heirs; how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!-shakespeare.
不领情的继承人；比大毒蛇的牙齿更尖利多少呀生个忘恩负义的孩子！莎士比亚。 - Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。 - There are excellent reasons for not giving Athens any immediate relief from its thankless task, however.
不过，有充足的理由不把希腊从徒劳无功的改革努力中立即解救出来。 - A new study says that having a demanding, unstable and thankless job may make you even unhappier than not having a job at all.
一项新研究称，拥有一份琐碎麻烦、不稳定且不被认同的差劲工作，甚至比没有工作更让人窝心。 - She might feel how sharper than a serpent's tooth it was to have a thankless child.
让她也知道知道有个负心的孩子要比挨毒蛇的牙齿咬还要痛苦。 - Being a middle manager is the most thankless job ever invented.
担任中层经理是人类有史以来发明的最吃力不讨好的工作。