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
- Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - No matter how hard you work, this job is always thankless.
这个工作怎么干也讨不了好儿。 - 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。 - Giving advice is usually a thankless act.
进忠告通常是一种不令人感激的行为。