thankless
英 ['θæŋklɪs]
美['θæŋkləs]
- adj. 不感谢的；忘恩的；不领情的；吃力不讨好的
英英释义
- 1. not feeling or showing gratitude;
- "ungrateful heirs"
- "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare
- 2. not likely to be rewarded;
- "grading papers is a thankless task"
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- Soccer referees have a thankless task.
- 足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Effort 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 ?
期刊摘选
- Such parts are often considered to be thankless, unrewarding.
- 这种角色通常被认为是吃力不讨好的.
期刊摘选
- DEFENDING American capitalism these days is a thankless job.
- 眼下,为美国资本主义辩护是个不讨好的活.
期刊摘选
- You don't have to trudge to work every day slaving away for a thankless boss.
- 你不用每天为一个不知道感恩的老板卖力奔波.
期刊摘选
- Why do this thankless task may also be a matter of and ruin, not desirable.
- 何必做这样吃力不讨好还可能身败名裂的事情, 不可取.
期刊摘选
- It was also thankless.
- 这也是一种费力不讨好的工作.
期刊摘选
- Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task.
- 罗斯福不大愿意承担这种徒劳无益的任务.
辞典例句
- Nobody was keen to take on such a thankless task.
- 没有人愿意承担这种费力不讨好的任务.
《简明英汉词典》
- This is really a thankless task.
- 这真是一项吃力不讨好的工作.
期刊摘选
- He is a thankless child.
- 他是个不知感恩的孩子.
期刊摘选
- Thankless task of living.
- 吃力不讨好的活.
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- How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
- 一个忘恩负义的孩子,比毒蛇的牙齿更令人酸心疾首!
期刊摘选
- Giving advice is usually a thankless act.
- 进忠告通常是一种不令人感激的行为.
辞典例句
- How sharper than a serpent'; s tooth is to have a thankless child.
- 逆子无情甚于蛇蝎.
期刊摘选
- BEING a Middle East peace envoy is a thankless task.
- 做一个中东和平使者是一项不讨好的任务.
期刊摘选
- How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child . ( William Shakespeare, British dramatist )
- 逆子无情甚于蛇蝎. ( 英国剧作家莎士比亚 )
期刊摘选
- Don't tell him, Joe, that I was thankless.
- 乔, 你可千万别告诉他说我是个志恩负义的人呀.
辞典例句
- It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.
- 那是一件吃力不讨好的事情, 所以我们很快就不让他做了.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
辞典例句
- 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。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Soccer referees have a thankless task.
- 足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
柯林斯例句
中文词源
thankless 不感谢的，吃力不讨好的
thank,感谢，-less,无，没有。
双语例句
- 1. Soccer referees have a thankless task.
- 足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Nobody was keen to take on such a thankless task.
- 没有人愿意承担这种费力不讨好的任务.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.
- 那是一件吃力不讨好的事情, 所以我们很快就不让他做了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task.
- 罗斯福不大愿意承担这种徒劳无益的任务.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- thankless (adj.)
- "likely to not be rewarded with thanks," 1540s, from thank + -less. Related: Thanklessly; thanklessness.