thankless

常见例句

They seldom labour their wits on thankless task.
他们很少为吃力不讨好的工作动脑筋。
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Everyone worries about Iraq, either because they think the war should never have been fought, or because of the long, costly and thankless slog it has turned into.
每个人，无论是因为认为战争根本就不应该打，还是因为战争变成了持久、成本高昂并且吃力不讨好的泥淖，都在担心伊拉克。
Having a thankless job where you work lots of overtime without pay while your boss is on vacation.
正干着费力不讨好的工作，还得在老板度假的时候天天加班拿不到加班费。

They're too important simply to have been read once: Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse?
它们太重要了，不能只读一遍：,哎！，这有何意义,整日做着简单无趣的牧羊人的营生，缪斯如此无情还要对其冥思苦想？
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Job, possibly the greatest book of the Bible, I won't give away my preferences there, challenges conventional religious piety and arrives at the bittersweet conclusion that there is no justice in this world or any other, but that nonetheless we're not excused from the thankless and perhaps ultimately meaningless task of righteous living.
约伯记》可能是圣经中最好的一本书了，这点上我是不会改变我的喜好的，挑战了传统的宗教诗歌,最后得出一个苦乐参半的结论,这个世界，或其他任何世界都是没有结对公正的，尽管如此，我们也没有理由忘恩负义,也不能不好好地生活。
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Does anyone have a more thankless job in America than Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke?
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Writing about TV may be a lonely and thankless endeavor, but this part is pretty good.
FORBES: Magazine Article
American generals have been surprised and gratified by their allies' grit in a largely thankless task.
ECONOMIST: The future of the transatlantic alliance