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
  1. 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。

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.
  1. Soccer referees have a thankless task.
     足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Skin has the thankless job of coating and protecting your whole body, making it your most easily damaged organ.
  皮肤辛苦的担任着包裹我们和保护我们整个身体的责任，因此它也成为了最容易被伤害的器官。
• Soccer referees have a thankless task.
  足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• According to a recent study published in Psychological Science, the original gift giver is less likely to be offended by your thankless re-gifting than you might think.
  《心理科学》最新刊登的一项研究显示，最初的送礼人并不会像你想的那样，因为你这种看似辜负他人心意的转送行为而生气。