Word · Frequency #21131
unrewarding
无回报的；无满足感的；不值得做的
not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction
- 1.
Not providing reward or satisfaction.
不提供奖励或满足感的
不提供奖励或满足感的；无报酬的；不值得做的
In use
After months of work, the project felt unrewarding because nobody acknowledged our effort.
She left the job because she found the daily tasks dull and unrewarding.
Teaching can be unrewarding when students show little interest.
be unrewarding
unrewarding 常用来形容工作、任务等不能带来成就感或满足感。
The task was unrewarding, but someone had to do it.
这项任务毫无回报，但总得有人去做。
find sth unrewarding
find + 宾语 + unrewarding 表示“觉得……没有价值/成就感”。
She found the job unrewarding and decided to quit.
她觉得这份工作没有成就感，于是决定辞职。
it is unrewarding to do sth
it 是形式主语，真正的主语是不定式 to do sth。
It can be unrewarding to work without any feedback.
在没有反馈的情况下工作可能让人没有满足感。
Common mistakes
The volunteers felt unrewarding for their help.The volunteers felt unrewarded for their help.
unrewarding 用来描述工作或活动，意为“不令人满意、不值得做的”；要表达人“没有得到回报或认可”时，应用 unrewarded。
I spent the weekend doing an unrewarding work.I spent the weekend doing unrewarding work.
work 作“工作、活儿”讲时是不可数名词，不能加不定冠词 an；若指一件具体的事，可说 an unrewarding task/job。
Connections
Collocations
- unrewarding work
- 无成就感的工作；不值得做的工作
- After years of unrewarding work, she decided to change careers.做了多年毫无成就感的工作后，她决定换行。
- an unrewarding task
- 收效甚微的任务；不值得做的任务
- Cleaning out the old files felt like an unrewarding task.清理旧文件感觉像是一项毫无回报的任务。
- find something unrewarding
- 觉得某事没有成就感；认为某事不值得做
- Many teachers find marking endless worksheets unrewarding.许多老师觉得批改无穷无尽的练习册毫无成就感。
- financially unrewarding
- 经济上回报低的；不赚钱的
- The job was financially unrewarding despite its prestige.这份工作尽管体面，但经济回报很低。
- unrewarding experience
- 无收获的经历；令人失望的经历
- His internship turned out to be an unrewarding experience.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
前缀 un- 表‘无’，reward 是‘回报’：付出却无回报，即 unrewarding，不值得做。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：工作或任务、学习过程、日常经历 该词为中性表达，多用于描述工作、任务或经历本身缺乏回报或满足感，日常口语和书面语中都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵：rewarding、awarding、boarding、recording、according（都以 /ɔːdɪŋ/ 结尾）。forwarding 拼写中有 -warding，但读 /ˈfɔːwədɪŋ/，不押韵；unrewarded 读 /ˌʌnrɪˈwɔːdɪd/，也不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.