thankless是什么意思_thankless的用法_词性_词根

短语搭配

双语例句

As Heidi did not want to appear thankless, she replied sadly, "I can't tell you."

因为海蒂不想显得忘恩负义，她伤心地回答：“我不能告诉你。”
Football referees have a thankless task.

足球裁判的工作费力不讨好。
Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task.

做母亲和家庭主妇有时使人觉得好像是个受累不讨好的差使。
What a thankless child you are, just idle and good-for-nothing!

你真是个不知好歹的孩子，整天游手好闲，一无是处！
Why on earth should their beds be properly aired, seeing that they left them in such a thankless hurry?

既然他们是这样匆匆忙忙地走了，连吃力不讨好也不知道，为什么要帮他们把床铺晒干呢？

近义词

adj.

反义词

同根词

词根 thank

释义

adj.

(of a job or task)difficult or unpleasant and not likely to bring one pleasure or the appreciation of others

（工作，任务）吃力不讨好的，不令人感激的，不会带来乐趣的。

(of a person)not expressing or feeling gratitude

（人）不知感恩的，忘恩负义的。

词源

"thanklessly adverb, thanklessness noun."