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。 - 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； - What I believed would be a spectacular work experience swiftly revealed itself to be a series of thankless performances in such splashy venues as cafeterias and dormitory lobbies.
我原来以为这是一次了不起的经历，可很快却发现在那些餐厅和寝室大厅这些场地进行表演后没有得到一点感激。 - 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。 - No matter how hard you work, this job is always thankless.
这个工作怎么干也讨不了好儿。 - Solving this dilemma can be a tough and thankless job; but it's also one of the most important.
解决这个矛盾是个费力不讨好的苦差事；但它非常重要。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。