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单词
thankless task
释义
Example sentences
thankless task
Regulators have a
thankless
task
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2015
)
To be fair, being a goalkeeper for any handball team is a
thankless
task
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2012
)
Organising was a
thankless
task
, with only frustration and failure stretched out before it.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2008
)
See
grim task
Definition of 'thankless'
thankless
(
θ
æ
ŋkləs
)
Explore 'thankless' in the dictionary
adjective
[
usually
ADJECTIVE
noun
]
If you describe a job or task as thankless, you mean that it is hard work and brings very few rewards.
COBUILD Collocations
thankless task
accomplish a task
approach a task
arduous task
basic task
begin a task
challenging task
complete a task
complex task
daily task
formidable task
grim task
handle a task
hopeless task
household task
important task
main task
mammoth task
menial task
monumental task
mundane task
onerous task
perform a task
primary task
repetitive task
routine task
simple task
stiff task
straightforward task
tackle a task
thankless task
tough task
tricky task
undertake a task
uphill task
urgent task
vital task
随便看
someone is toast
someone-is-toast
someone is wasting their breath
someone-is-wasting-their-breath
someone is your own flesh and blood
someone lives in an ivory tower
someone might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
someone needs something like a hole in the head
someone needs to get out more
someone or something gets out of hand
someone or something has you in stitches
someone or something is built like a tank
someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb
someone-or-something-sticks-out-like-a-sore-thumb
someone or something will knock your socks off
someone-reigns-supreme
someone's bag of tricks
someone's bark is worse than their bite
someones-bark-is-worse-than-their-bite
someone's best shot at something
someone's blue-eyed boy
someones-days-are-numbered
someone's days are numbered sth's days are numbered
someone's ears are burning
someone's hands are tied
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