As Heidi did not want to appear thankless, she replied sadly, "I can't tell you."

因为海蒂不想显得忘恩负义，她伤心地回答：“我不能告诉你。”

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。

What a thankless child you are, just idle and good-for-nothing!

你真是个不知好歹的孩子，整天游手好闲，一无是处！

Why on earth should their beds be properly aired, seeing that they left them in such a thankless hurry?

既然他们是这样匆匆忙忙地走了，连吃力不讨好也不知道，为什么要帮他们把床铺晒干呢？

That's a thankless task.

那是吃力不讨好的事。

SAVING the world is a thankless task.

拯救世界是一个费力不讨好的任务。

Soccer referees have a thankless task.

足球裁判的工作吃力不讨好。

They seldom labour their wits on thankless task.

他们很少为吃力不讨好的工作动脑筋。

Thankless people fall in trouble, can't be saved.

忘恩的人落在困难之中，是不能得救的。

Those thankless, fall in trouble, can't be saved.

那些忘恩的人，落在困难之中，是不能得救的。——伊索。

Nobody was keen to take on such a thankless task.

没有人愿意承担这种费力不讨好的任务。

It is one of the most thankless jobs in the world.

它是世界上最出力不讨好的工作。

BEING a Middle East peace envoy is a thankless task.

做一个中东和平使者是一项不讨好的任务。

Such parts are often considered to be thankless, unrewarding.

这种角色通常被认为是吃力不讨好的。

Raise your hand for the thankless job nobody else wants to do.

即使是那种没人愿意干的吃力不讨好的活儿也要主动担当。

Parenting is hard, tiring, often thankless, often discouraging work.

养育很艰难、很麻烦，还经常得不到感谢，经常会让人泄气。

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。

Few would doubt that the fund faces a thankless task in countries such as Pakistan and Greece.

很少有人会怀疑，这个基金组织在诸如巴基斯坦和希腊这类国家将会是个费力不讨好的角色。

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。

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。

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？

That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all.

这就是父亲在家中费力不讨好的地方——既要养活全家，又受全家敌视。

You have not been worn down yetby long hours of thankless work, by the slings and arrows ofeveryday life。

你还没有被漫长的乏味工作，被日常生活的打击搞得筋疲力尽。