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
- 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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； - According to a recent study published in Psychological Science, the original gift giver is less likely to be offended by your thankless re-gifting than you might think.
《心理科学》最新刊登的一项研究显示，最初的送礼人并不会像你想的那样，因为你这种看似辜负他人心意的转送行为而生气。 - 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？