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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - Suing the ultimate Chinese culprit is a thankless task.
起诉最终的中国责任人是件费力不讨好的差事。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。