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
- 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。