| 单词 | unenviable |
| 释义 | unenviable (ʌnenviəbəl ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a situation or task as unenviable, you mean that nobody would enjoy dealing with it because it is very difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant. She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls. It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie. Synonyms: unpleasant, disagreeable, undesirable, painful Collocations: unenviable position It had been placed in a deeply unenviable position. Times, Sunday Times It's a rare and possibly unenviable position for an academic to be in. Times, Sunday Times As ever, he finds himself in an unenviable position. Times, Sunday Times But he put me in the most unenviable position, that coroner. The Sun United are in that unenviable position where whoever they sign has to come in and perform on day one. Times,Sunday Times In recent years the city has been keen to shake off an unenviable reputation as a magnet for hen and stag parties. Times, Sunday Times Chemists have a healthy respect for hydrogen when using it in chemical reactions as it has an unenviable reputation for exploding unpredictably. Times, Sunday Times Claims management firms are rapidly gaining an unenviable reputation thanks to the actions of a few. Times, Sunday Times He earned an unenviable reputation as a vain, narcissistic and ill-tempered egomaniac. Times, Sunday Times The 1970s have a somewhat unenviable reputation. Times, Sunday Times |
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