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be ungrateful to sb
表示对某人不感激或不知感恩。
She was ungrateful to her parents who sacrificed so much for her.
她对她父母忘恩负义，他们为她牺牲了那么多。
忘恩负义的；不领情的
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忘恩负义的；不领情的
not grateful; not feeling or showing thanks
She was ungrateful to her parents who sacrificed so much for her.
她对她父母忘恩负义，他们为她牺牲了那么多。
不感激的；不表示感激的。
Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.
不感恩的；
not feeling or showing gratitude; ; - Shakespeare
令人不快的,讨厌的,使人反感的。
Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant.
令人不快的；
disagreeable; - Abraham Lincoln
After everything she did for him, he was truly ungrateful.
在他为她做了那么多之后，他真的很忘恩负义。
AI contextual example
It's ungrateful to complain about a gift that someone chose carefully for you.
抱怨别人精心为你挑选的礼物是很不领情的。
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She called him ungrateful for not thanking her.
她因为他没有感谢她而说他忘恩负义。
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ungrateful heirs
忘恩的继承人
WordNet
表示对某人不感激或不知感恩。
She was ungrateful to her parents who sacrificed so much for her.
她对她父母忘恩负义，他们为她牺牲了那么多。
表示对某事物不感激或不知领情。
He was ungrateful for the help he received from his colleagues.
他不感激同事们给予的帮助。
强调某人的行为是忘恩负义的。
It was ungrateful of him to complain about the gift.
他抱怨礼物真是忘恩负义。
Not this
He is ungrateful of my help.
Use this
He is ungrateful for my help.
形容词 ungrateful 后应用介词 for 引出所感激的事物，表示‘对……不感激’，而非 of。
Not this
He showed ungrateful.
Use this
He showed ungratefulness.
ungrateful 是形容词，不能作宾语；应用名词 ungratefulness 表示‘忘恩负义’。
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一个忘恩负义的孩子
She accused her son of being an ungrateful child.
她指责儿子是个忘恩负义的孩子。
对……不领情
Don't be ungrateful for the help you received.
不要对你得到的帮助不领情。
不知感恩的态度
His ungrateful attitude hurt his parents.
他不知感恩的态度伤了他父母的心。
感到自己不知感恩
I felt ungrateful for wanting more.
我为还想要更多而觉得自己不知感恩。
如此忘恩负义
After all they did, how could you be so ungrateful?
他们做了那么多，你怎么能如此忘恩负义？
忘恩负义的家伙
Ingratitude? He's an ungrateful wretch.
不知感恩？他是个忘恩负义的家伙。
忘恩负义的家伙
He borrowed my car for a week and never thanked me – the ungrateful wretch!
他借了我的车一周，从来没谢过我——这个忘恩负义的家伙！
吃力不讨好的事；让人厌烦的差事
Sorting out the old files was an ungrateful task, but it had to be done.
整理旧文件是件吃力不讨好的事，但必须得做。
忘恩负义的家伙（委婉说法）
I cooked dinner for her and she said she hated it – talk about an ungrateful so-and-so.
我为她做了晚饭，她却说她讨厌——真是个忘恩负义的家伙。
因为他恩待那忘恩负义的和作恶的人。
From Luke 6:35 in the Bible (ESV): Jesus encourages his listeners to love enemies and lend without expecting repayment, adding that God Himself shows kindness even to ungrateful people. The verse is often quoted when talking about unconditional generosity.
出自《圣经·路加福音》6:35（英文标准版）：耶稣鼓励听众爱仇敌、借给人不指望偿还，并说上帝也向忘恩负义的人施恩。这句话在英文中常用来谈论无条件的慷慨。
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grateful 是‘感激的’，前面加个 un- 变成‘不感激’。想象别人帮你忙，你却扭头就走、连句谢谢都不说——那就是 ungrateful 的样子。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面表达 通常表示“不感激、不领情”，多用于指对别人的帮助或恩惠没有感谢之意；在日常交谈和较正式的书面表达中都较常见，语气总体自然，不算很正式。
与 ungrateful /ənˈɡreɪtfəl/ 真正押韵的有 grateful /ˈɡreɪtfəl/、hateful /ˈheɪtfəl/、fateful /ˈfeɪtfəl/：重读元音 /eɪ/ 与后续 /tfəl/ 一致。注意拼写相近但不押韵的词：wasteful /ˈweɪstfəl/ 和 tasteful /ˈteɪstfəl/ 多了一个 /st/，plateful /ˈpleɪtfʊl/ 结尾发 /fʊl/ 而非 /fəl/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.