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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Soccer referees have a thankless task.
足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。 - This is often a very thankless job, Legge says.
莱格博士说饭馆服务员是个费力不讨好的工作。 - 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？ - Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。 - Solving this dilemma can be a tough and thankless job; but it's also one of the most important.
解决这个矛盾是个费力不讨好的苦差事；但它非常重要。 - 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。 - Is Whitman setting herself up for failure simply because turning HP around may be a thankless task?
惠特曼是不是注定会失败，因为扭转惠普的颓势不过是项费力不讨好的工作？