thankless

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基本釋義

adj.
吃力不討好的; 徒勞無功的; <罕>不表示感謝的; 不受人注意的

實用例句

Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .

做母親和家庭主婦有時使人覺得好像是個受累不討好的差使。

牛津詞典

Soccer referees have a thankless task.

足球裁判的工作吃力不討好。

Effort curry favor with the matter, why become a thankless thing?

能省力討好的事, 為什么非要變成費力不討好的事 呢 ?

期刊摘選

Such parts are often considered to be thankless, unrewarding.

這種角色通常被認為是吃力不討好的.

期刊摘選

DEFENDING American capitalism these days is a thankless job.

眼下,為美國資本主義辯護是個不討好的活.

期刊摘選

You don't have to trudge to work every day slaving away for a thankless boss.

你不用每天為一個不知道感恩的老板賣力奔波.

期刊摘選

Why do this thankless task may also be a matter of and ruin, not desirable.

何必做這樣吃力不討好還可能身敗名裂的事情, 不可取.

期刊摘選

It was also thankless.

這也是一種費力不討好的工作.

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Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task.

羅斯福不大愿意承擔這種徒勞無益的任務.

辭典例句

Nobody was keen to take on such a thankless task.

沒有人愿意承擔這種費力不討好的任務.

《簡明英漢詞典》

This is really a thankless task.

這真是一項吃力不討好的工作.

期刊摘選

He is a thankless child.

他是個不知感恩的孩子.

期刊摘選

Thankless task of living.

吃力不討好的活.

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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

一個忘恩負義的孩子,比毒蛇的牙齒更令人酸心疾首!

期刊摘選

Giving advice is usually a thankless act.

進忠告通常是一種不令人感激的行為.

辭典例句

How sharper than a serpent'; s tooth is to have a thankless child.

逆子無情甚于蛇蝎.

期刊摘選

BEING a Middle East peace envoy is a thankless task.

做一個中東和平使者是一項不討好的任務.

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How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child . ( William Shakespeare, British dramatist )

逆子無情甚于蛇蝎. ( 英國劇作家莎士比亞 )

期刊摘選

Don't tell him, Joe, that I was thankless.

喬, 你可千萬別告訴他說我是個志恩負義的人呀.

辭典例句

It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.

那是一件吃力不討好的事情, 所以我們很快就不讓他做了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

She might feel how sharper than a serpent's tooth it was to have a thankless child.

讓她也知道知道有個負心的孩子要比挨毒蛇的牙齒咬還要痛苦.

辭典例句

Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .

做母親和家庭主婦有時使人覺得好像是個受累不討好的差使。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

Soccer referees have a thankless task.

足球裁判的工作吃力不討好。

柯林斯例句

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. not feeling or showing gratitude;

    "ungrateful heirs"

    "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare

  • 2. not likely to be rewarded;

    "grading papers is a thankless task"

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