thankless

单词thankless

基本解释

adj.: 让人不领情的；徒劳无益的；吃力不讨好的
网络: 不感激的；忘恩负义的；不感谢的

权威解释

• 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

英汉解释

• 忘恩负义的,负心的

• 不感激的,忘恩负义的

• 不受人感谢的,不受人注意的;不讨好的,不合算的,徒劳的,无利的(工作等)

• 不令人感激的,费力不讨好的,徒劳无益的

单词搭配

• adj.+n.:

  thankless job,thankless task

同义词

adj.unappreciateddifficultunrewardingtryingunacknowledged

反义词

adj.rewarding

例句

• Teaching can be a tiring, thankless job that requires you to be "on" at all times.

  教学可能是一件累人却不讨好的工作，需要你总是绷在弦上。

• Administering a WebSphere production deployment is often a thankless job.

  管理WebSphere产品部署经常是一份吃力不讨好的工作。

• Here, everyone of you will ask me, "Of all the jobs, why should you choose such a thankless task? "

  那大家一定会问我，为什么会想做这份吃力不讨好的职业呢？

• in general , nursing is still considered to be one of the most under - paid and thankless jobs.

  普遍来说，护士仍然被看作是收入低、不受重视的行业之一。

• Being a father (parent) is - let"s face it - a pretty thankless job.

  做父亲（家长）是--让我们面对这个事实--一件毫无回报的工作。

• Collecting garbage is a thankless job, but someone"s got to do it. . .

  收垃圾是个没人感谢的工作，但总是得有人做。

• 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？

• 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？

• One of the most thankless jobs is taking complaint calls in an organization.

  最出力不讨好的工作之一就是在公司接投诉电话。

• When he transferred to the Admonitor, he was given the thankless task of mapping huge areas of the Unknown Regions.

  被转到“忠告者号”上后，他得到了一个不值得感谢的任务——为广大的未知区域绘制星图。