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

• 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？
• 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。
• Solving this dilemma can be a tough and thankless job; but it's also one of the most important.
  解决这个矛盾是个费力不讨好的苦差事；但它非常重要。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
  对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。
• Soccer referees have a thankless task.
  足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
• 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。