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
- 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。 - 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。 - A new study says that having a demanding, unstable and thankless job may make you even unhappier than not having a job at all.
一项新研究称，拥有一份琐碎麻烦、不稳定且不被认同的差劲工作，甚至比没有工作更让人窝心。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - No matter how hard you work, this job is always thankless.
这个工作怎么干也讨不了好儿。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。