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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Does the president's speech presage a newly energetic sally by the administration into this thankless, daunting battlefield?
  奥巴马的讲话是否预示着美国政府将在这片冷酷、棘手的战场上重新发起冲锋？
• 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。
• 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。
• I said it last year-and I'll say it again. There is only one activity more thankless than predicting the future-and that is publicly sharing your predictions.
  我去年就说过今年要再强调的一点是：唯一比预测未来更不招人待见的事情就是公开自己的预言。
• 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。
• But as Christmas draws near he has confessed on a fans 'website that he is finding it all a pretty thankless task.
  但圣诞其间，他在一个球迷网站上公开承认，自己觉得这项工作完全是费力不讨好。