英英释义
thankless
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adj.
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not feeling or showing gratitude
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"
同义词： ungrateful unthankful
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not likely to be rewarded
"grading papers is a thankless task"
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not feeling or showing gratitude
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
thankless /ˈθæŋklɪs/
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ADJ If you describe a job or task as thankless, you mean that it is hard work and brings very few rewards. 费力不讨好的 [usu ADJ n]
例：Football referees have a thankless task.
足球裁判的工作费力不讨好。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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As Heidi did not want to appear thankless, she replied sadly, "I can't tell you."
因为海蒂不想显得忘恩负义，她伤心地回答：“我不能告诉你。”
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Football referees have a thankless task.
足球裁判的工作费力不讨好。
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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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They're too important simply to have been read once: Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse?
它们太重要了，不能只读一遍：,哎！，这有何意义,整日做着简单无趣的牧羊人的营生，缪斯如此无情还要对其冥思苦想？
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