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
- No matter how hard you work, this job is always thankless.
这个工作怎么干也讨不了好儿。 - Raise your hand for the thankless job nobody else wants to do.
即使是那种没人愿意干的吃力不讨好的活儿也要主动担当。 - 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。 - Thankless job collecting garbage is a thankless job, but someone's got to do it.
不被尊重的工作收垃圾是一件不受尊重的工作，却有人一直在做这事。 - 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。 - Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task.
罗斯福不大愿意承担这种徒劳无益的任务。 - You have not been worn down yet by long hours of thankless work, by the slings and arrows of everyday life.
你还没有被日复一日的无聊工作还有生活的局限以及每天不经意的刺激磨蚀残缺。 - Don't tell him, Joe, that I was thankless;
乔，你千万不要告诉他说我是忘恩之辈； - 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。 - Skin has the thankless job of coating and protecting your whole body, making it your most easily damaged organ.
皮肤辛苦的担任着包裹我们和保护我们整个身体的责任，因此它也成为了最容易被伤害的器官。