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

• Thankless job collecting garbage is a thankless job, but someone's got to do it.
  不被尊重的工作收垃圾是一件不受尊重的工作，却有人一直在做这事。
• 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。
• Is Whitman setting herself up for failure simply because turning HP around may be a thankless task?
  惠特曼是不是注定会失败，因为扭转惠普的颓势不过是项费力不讨好的工作？
• 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。
• 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？
• 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？
• 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。
• Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
  对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。
• I am not thankless, I hope, but that dreadful woman seems to throw a shadow on me and on all my hopes.
  我希望，我并非不感谢上帝！但那可怕的女人似乎给我和我所有的希望笼上了阴影。
• 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。