吃力不讨好的任务

handle a task───处理任务

hopeless task───无望的任务

tackle a task───处理任务

thanklessness───吃力不讨好

thankless───adj.不感谢的；忘恩的；不领情的；吃力不讨好的

thanklessly───adv.徒劳的

take to task───责备；批评；找麻烦

They seldom labour their wits on thankless task.───他们很少为吃力不讨好的工作动脑筋。

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。

Here, everyone of you will ask me, "Of all the jobs, why should you choose such a thankless task? "───那大家一定会问我，为什么会想做这份吃力不讨好的职业呢？

Is Whitman setting herself up for failure simply because turning HP around may be a thankless task?───惠特曼是不是注定会失败，因为扭转惠普的颓势不过是项费力不讨好的工作？

When he transferred to the Admonitor, he was given the thankless task of mapping huge areas of the Unknown Regions.───被转到“忠告者号”上后，他得到了一个不值得感谢的任务——为广大的未知区域绘制星图。

Why do this thankless task may also be a matter of disgrace and ruin, not desirable.───何必做这样吃力不讨好还可能身败名裂的事情，不可取。

On a trip to London with Jobs, Ive had the thankless task of choosing the hotel.───有一次和乔布斯去伦敦，Ive负责选宾馆，这可是个受累不讨好的差使。

The thankless task of untangling fake votes from real ones falls to an electoral watchdog dominated by UN-appointed foreigners.───清理有效选票和伪造选票这一吃力不讨好的工作落在了联合国委派的外国人管理的选举监视者身上。

In some ways that was a thankless task.

Volunteers had the thankless task of distributing campaign leaflets.

Cooking every day is a thankless task.

Soccer referees have a thankless task.

Keeping the children's rooms tidy is a thankless task/job.

Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task.

It seems an exhausting and thankless task.

This is really a thankless task.

They seldom labour their wits on thankless task.