吃力不讨好

thankless task───吃力不讨好的任务

thankless───adj.不感谢的；忘恩的；不领情的；吃力不讨好的

thanklessly───adv.徒劳的

thanklessness───吃力不讨好

take a job───承担一项工作；接到一份工作；得到一份工作

tankless───无油箱

thanks to───由于，幸亏

tasteless joke───无味的笑话

clankless───叮当的

Administering a WebSphere production deployment is often a thankless job.───管理WebSphere产品部署经常是一份吃力不讨好的工作。

for the thankless job nobody else wants to do.───没人愿意干的吃力不讨好的活儿也要主动担当。

Solving this dilemma can be a tough and thankless job; but it's also one of the most important.───解决这个矛盾是个费力不讨好的苦差事；但它非常重要。

Teaching can be a tiring, thankless job that requires you to be "on" at all times.───教学可能是一件累人却不讨好的工作，需要你总是绷在弦上。

Being a father (parent) is - let's face it - a pretty thankless job.───做父亲（家长）是--让我们面对这个事实--一件毫无回报的工作。

Collecting garbage is a thankless job, but someone's got to do it. . .───收垃圾是个没人感谢的工作，但总是得有人做。

The judging systems in music competitions are notoriously unfair, and judging is a difficult and thankless job.───音乐比赛中不公平的裁判制度已是恶名昭著，而裁判也是一项吃力不讨好的工作。

I shall be only too grateful to them for taking a very difficult and thankless job off my hands.

This president business is a pretty thankless job.

Being a father ( parent ) is - let's face it - a pretty thankless job.

It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.

DEFENDING American capitalism these days is a thankless job.