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
- 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。 - 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。 - I am not thankless, I hope, but that dreadful woman seems to throw a shadow on me and on all my hopes.
我希望，我并非不感谢上帝！但那可怕的女人似乎给我和我所有的希望笼上了阴影。 - Giving advice is usually a thankless act.
进忠告通常是一种不令人感激的行为。 - 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。 - I said it last year-and I'll say it again. There is only one activity more thankless than predicting the future-and that is publicly sharing your predictions.
我去年就说过今年要再强调的一点是：唯一比预测未来更不招人待见的事情就是公开自己的预言。 - 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。 - 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。 - Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。