| 单词 | thankless |
| 释义 | thankless adjective uk/ˈθæŋk.ləs/us/ˈθæŋk.ləs/A thanklessjobisdifficultorunpleasant, andpeopledo notthankyou for it: 出力不讨好的；徒劳无功的Keeping theboys'roomstidyis a thanklesstask/job.保持男孩们的房间整洁是件吃力不讨好的事。 Serious and unpleasant
thankless| American Dictionarythankless adjective us/ˈθæŋk·ləs/unlikelyto beappreciated: a thanklesstask Note:
Examplesofthanklessthankless As she discovered, serving the region from within was sometimes athanklesstask. From theCambridge English Corpus This might end up being athanklesstask, given the need to deflate egos not accustomed to having their laboratories turned upside-down by outsiders. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, efficacy in changing society is athanklesscriterion to apply to theatre because it is almost impossible to measure and document. From theCambridge English Corpus Thethanklessand probably fruitless effort to estimate the proportion of oats eaten by people and horses can be sidestepped by simply providing the limits of the argument. From theCambridge English Corpus While nationalists of every ideological hue celebrated this economic demarcation, the less emotive civil servants were left with thethanklesstask of pursuing this policy to its logical conclusions. From theCambridge English Corpus It is largely athanklesstask; he grudges nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But we must remember that it is athanklesstask being chairman of such a corporation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They undertake athanklesstask, and they probably do it better than any other police force in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The task of the peacemaker is often athanklessone, and it is so in this case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have discharged athankless, painful, costly, laborious, inconvenient task for more than a quarter of a century with a very great measure of success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One pilot said that he was pursuing athanklesstask. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The work of a hospital like this sometimes appears to the staff to bethankless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we should pay tribute to the people in the industry, at all levels, in what is only too often athanklesstask. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly, it can only have been athanklesstask. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think they have a mostthanklesstask. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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