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

• 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。
• Giving advice is usually a thankless act.
  进忠告通常是一种不令人感激的行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are excellent reasons for not giving Athens any immediate relief from its thankless task, however.
  不过，有充足的理由不把希腊从徒劳无功的改革努力中立即解救出来。
• Soccer referees have a thankless task.
  足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
• 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。