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

• 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。
• Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks.
  对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。
• Ungrateful heirs; how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!-shakespeare.
  不领情的继承人；比大毒蛇的牙齿更尖利多少呀生个忘恩负义的孩子！莎士比亚。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, other private facilities, and state and federal wildlife agencies have efforts under way as well. It's mostly thankless work.
  查塔努加市的田纳西州水族馆、一些私人机构以及州级和国家级的野生动物机构也在尽力，大家做这些工作大都不求回报。