| 词汇 | thankless |
| 释义 | thanklessWord family noun thanks thankfulness thankerthankingthanklessnessthankworthinessthanksgiverthanksgivingadjective thankful thankless thankworthythankyouverb thank adverb thankfully thanklesslythankworthilyinterjectionthankee thank·less /ˈθæŋkləs/ adjectiveadj 1 DIFFICULTa thankless job is difficult and you do not get any praise for doing it 吃力不讨好的，徒劳无功的 thankless task/job/chore etc Cooking every day is a thankless task. 每天做饭是一件费力不讨好的事。 2. literary a thankless person is not grateful 〔人〕不知感激的，忘恩负义的 Examples from the Corpus thankless• Dole stands up and shoulders the practical and often thankless burden of political leadership.• a thankless child• Shakur has charisma, and, luckily, the less thankless role: at least his character has a vestige of scruples.• In some ways that was a thankless task.• It seems an exhausting and thankless task.• Policing this activity to ensure submission of the reports is an unenviable and thankless task.• Do-gooding is often tough, thankless work. thankless task/job/chore etc• As every true Cornishman knows, it was the wicked Tregeagle who was supposedly punished with this thankless task.• In some ways that was a thankless task.• It seems an exhausting and thankless task.• Policing this activity to ensure submission of the reports is an unenviable and thankless task.• This president business is a pretty thankless job.• Looking for reasoning in the forex markets is a thankless task so we won't bother. (1500-1600) thank (noun); → THANKS2 |
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