I don't want to appear greedy or ungrateful but how do I get him to see how important this is to me?

我不想表现得很贪心或者不领情，但是我该怎样才能让他明白这对我很重要呢？

youdao

I don't want to be ungrateful but I fear he will do something similar this year and I know I will be disappointed again.

我并不想不领情，但是我担心今年他还会这样做，而我知道我会再次失望。

youdao

Thee one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.

在这个自私的世界里，一个人能有的最无私的，从不抛弃他，从不知恩不报，从不背信弃义的朋友是他的狗。

youdao

On the other hand, New Yorkers seemed profoundly ungrateful on this score.

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While this sentiment may appear ungrateful, it should be remembered that Afghan soldiers are fighting and dying here - they are bearing the brunt of the conflict.

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Perhaps we sound ungrateful, but this sort of acceleration for Flash -- the internet's most popular multimedia delivery method -- is long overdue, and we're not overly impressed with the idea of waiting until mid-2010 for it to happen.

ENGADGET: Adobe, NVIDIA and Broadcom bringing GPU acceleration to Flash at long last