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
- 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。 - 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。 - Giving advice is usually a thankless act.
进忠告通常是一种不令人感激的行为。 - 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 Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, other private facilities, and state and federal wildlife agencies have efforts under way as well. It's mostly thankless work.
查塔努加市的田纳西州水族馆、一些私人机构以及州级和国家级的野生动物机构也在尽力，大家做这些工作大都不求回报。 - Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。 - Deciphering the Chinese economy is a thankless job at the best of times.
即使在最景气的时期，解读中国经济也是一件费力不讨好的事情。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。