thankless
- adj.吃力不讨好的;徒劳无益的;让人不领情的
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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。
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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。
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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。
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Soccer referees have a thankless task .
足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。
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No matter how hard you work , this job is always thankless .
这个工作怎么干也讨不了好儿。
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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。
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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。
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Raise your hand for the thankless job nobody else wants to do .
即使是那种没人愿意干的吃力不讨好的活儿也要主动担当。
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This is often a very thankless job , Legge says .
莱格博士说饭馆服务员是个费力不讨好的工作。
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Say thanks to those who do thankless tasks .
对那些做不值得称道的事的人说谢谢。
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Giving advice is usually a thankless act .
进忠告通常是一种不令人感激的行为。
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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?
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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。
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It is both the game 's most celebrated and most thankless position .
中锋是篮球这项运动最出名的位置,也是最吃力不讨好的位置。
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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。
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The role of the peacemaker is , by its very nature , a thankless one .
饲停人的角色,就其根本的本质来说,是吃力不讨好的角色。
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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?
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There are excellent reasons for not giving Athens any immediate relief from its thankless task , however .
不过,有充足的理由不把希腊从徒劳无功的改革努力中立即解救出来。
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enslaving themselves to a lifetime 's journey with their thankless children
让自己踏上给不知感恩的孩子们一生为奴的旅程
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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。
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Don 't tell him , Joe , that I was thankless ;
乔,你千万不要告诉他说我是忘恩之辈;
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You see Hillary has spent decades doing the relentless thankless work to actually make a difference in their lives .
希拉里花了数十年不间断地去做这项吃力不讨好的工作,来改变这些孩子的生活。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all , and the enemy of all .
父亲在家里是个吃力不讨好的角色——既要养活全家,又受全家敌视。
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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。
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You have not been worn down yet by long hours of thankless work , by the slings and arrows of everyday life 。
你还没有被漫长的乏味工作,被日常生活的打击搞得筋疲力尽。
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Why on earth should their beds be properly aired , seeing that they left them in such a thankless hurry ?
不过,既然他们离开时走得那样匆忙,连句感谢的话都不说,我们又何必替他们晾被褥呢?
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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?