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
- 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - The role of the peacemaker is, by its very nature, a thankless one.
饲停人的角色，就其根本的本质来说，是吃力不讨好的角色。 - No matter how hard you work, this job is always thankless.
这个工作怎么干也讨不了好儿。 - 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。 - 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。 - Soccer referees have a thankless task.
足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。 - 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。 - Effort to curry favor with the matter, why become a thankless thing?
能省力讨好的事，为什么非要变成费力不讨好的事呢？