thankless [noun]
thankless 常修饰 task, job, role 等表示任务或角色的名词。
Cleaning the toilets is a thankless job.
打扫厕所是一项吃力不讨好的工作。
得不到回报的;徒劳的;无人感谢的
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得不到回报的;徒劳的;无人感谢的
not likely to be rewarded
Cleaning the toilets is a thankless job.
打扫厕所是一项吃力不讨好的工作。
指事情不会得到感谢或回报,并非“忘恩的”。
不被欣赏或奖励的。
Not appreciated or rewarded.
不感激或不欣赏的。
Ungrateful or unappreciative.
Cleaning the public beach was a thankless job, but volunteers did it anyway.
清扫公共海滩是一件吃力不讨好的工作,但志愿者们还是做了。
She received a thankless task: reorganizing the old files with no recognition.
她接到了一项无人感激的任务:整理旧文件,却得不到任何认可。
Being a referee is often a thankless role, yet someone has to do it.
当裁判往往是一个吃力不讨好的角色,但总得有人去做。
thankless 常修饰 task, job, role 等表示任务或角色的名词。
Cleaning the toilets is a thankless job.
打扫厕所是一项吃力不讨好的工作。
作表语时表示某人或某事不被人感激。
Sometimes being a parent can feel thankless.
有时候做父母会让人觉得不被感恩。
it 作形式主语的句型,强调做某事得不到回报。
It is thankless to work overtime without recognition.
默默加班却不被认可是吃力不讨好的。
Not this
I am thankless for your help.
Use this
I am thankful for your help.
中文学习者容易混淆形容词后缀 '-less'(表示“没有”)和 '-ful'(表示“充满”),将应表示“感激的”误用为“不感激的”。
Not this
He is a thankless.
Use this
He is a thankless person.
形容词'thankless'不能单独作为名词使用,需要修饰一个名词如'person'或'task'。
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