unenviable
英 [ʌnˈenviəbl]
美 [ʌnˈenviəbl]
adj. 艰难的; 讨厌的; 不值得羡慕的
BNC.19748 / COCA.26399
牛津词典
adj.
- 艰难的;讨厌的;不值得羡慕的
difficult or unpleasant; that you would not want to have- She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers.
让她去通知失败的人,真不是什么好差事。
- She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 不值得羡慕的;令人不快的;尴尬的
If you describe a situation or task asunenviable, 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...
她接受了这个令人为难的差事,负责打头几个电话。 - It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.
这令我陷入了不得不说谎的尴尬境地。
- She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls...
英英释义
adj
- so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy
- unenviable notoriety
- hard to deal with
- awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
- an awkward pause followed his remark
- a sticky question
- in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
双语例句
- Britain held the unenviable record of having the highest divorce rate in Europe.
英国在欧洲各国中保持着不光彩的最高离婚率纪录。 - The situation that China faces is an unenviable one.
中国当前面临的形势是不值得羡慕的。 - He felt his tear ducts burning, and could barely restrain himself from grasping his mother's thin, bony hands in his own. His parents have given my wife and I the unenviable task of making him bilingual.
他感到鼻子有些发酸。他差点忍不住握住母亲那双瘦骨嶙峋的手。他的父母给了我和我太太一分艰难的差事&教育他掌握双语。 - The unenviable task of ringing the parents of the dead child.
给死亡孩子的父母打电话报丧这桩尴尬的差事。 - He has been given the unenviable task of going round, cap in hand, to various generous companies.
他被分配了一个苦差,要点头哈腰地去拜访那些愿意掏钱资助的公司。 - His parents have given my wife and I the unenviable task of making him bilingual.
他的父母给了我和我太太一分艰难的差事&教育他掌握双语。 - Beck has the unenviable task of trying to rebuild the business.
贝克承担了试图重建企业的艰巨任务。 - He was in the unenviable position of having to choose between imprisonment or exile.
他已陷于进退维谷的地步,不是坐牢就是流放,必须在两者间做出抉择。 - Today's miner still works hard, and in unenviable conditions underground.
今天的矿工仍然辛苦地工作,而且是在地下相当艰苦的条件下工作。 - A divorced woman is likely to find herself in an unenviable position.
离婚女子很容易觉察到自己被人另眼相看。