thankless

thankless

英 ['θæŋklɪs]
　　美 ['θæŋkləs]

adj. 不感謝的；忘恩的；不領情的；吃力不討好的

中文詞源：

thankless 不感謝的，吃力不討好的

thank,感謝，-less,無，沒有。

例句：

1. Soccer referees have a thankless task.
足球裁判的工作吃力不討好。

2. Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .
做母親和傢庭主婦有時使人覺得好像是個受累不討好的差使。

3. Nobody was keen to take on such a thankless task.
沒有人願意承擔這種費力不討好的任務.

4. It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.
那是一件吃力不討好的事情, 所以我們很快就不讓他做瞭.

5. Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task.
羅斯福不大願意承擔這種徒勞無益的任務.