他们很少为吃力不讨好的工作动脑筋。
那种证明‘此路不通’的吃力不讨好的工作，就让我来做吧。
That kind of proof that "the road is blocked", all the dirty work, let me do it.
管理WebSphere产品部署经常是一份吃力不讨好的工作。
Administering a WebSphere production deployment is often a thankless job.
我相信这座城市是有未来的——不然我早辞职不干了，这是一项吃力不讨好的工作。
I believe this city has a future-otherwise I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing, because it's a thankless job.
音乐比赛中不公平的裁判制度已是恶名昭著，而裁判也是一项吃力不讨好的工作。
The judging systems in music competitions are notoriously unfair, and judging is a difficult and thankless job.
经常领导的工作中最困难的就是成为公司的改革家，因为这是吃力不讨好的工作。
Often, being a change agent is the least glamorous part of being a leader because the efforts are trench work that has no clear payoff.
不幸的是，在国际太空站，我们似乎还会犯下之前的错误，如果是那样的话，美国还将继续耗费大量财力人才从事吃力不讨好的工作。
Unfortunately, we seem likely to repeat this mistake with the International Space Station, and if we do, the United States will spend enormous sums and talent for few tangible results.
不幸的是，在国际太空站，我们似乎还会犯下之前的错误，如果是那样的话，美国还将继续耗费大量财力人才从事吃力不讨好的工作。
Unfortunately, we seem likely to repeat this mistake with the International Space Station, and if we do, the United States will spend enormous sums and talent for few tangible results.
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