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

• Suing the ultimate Chinese culprit is a thankless task.
  起诉最终的中国责任人是件费力不讨好的差事。
• According to a recent study published in Psychological Science, the original gift giver is less likely to be offended by your thankless re-gifting than you might think.
  《心理科学》最新刊登的一项研究显示，最初的送礼人并不会像你想的那样，因为你这种看似辜负他人心意的转送行为而生气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A new study says that having a demanding, unstable and thankless job may make you even unhappier than not having a job at all.
  一项新研究称，拥有一份琐碎麻烦、不稳定且不被认同的差劲工作，甚至比没有工作更让人窝心。
• 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。