unenviable

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英英释义

unenviable[ ʌn'enviəbl ]

adj.

hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

"in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

同义词：awkwardembarrassingsticky

so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy

"unenviable notoriety"

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

He has an unenviable record of ill-health.
他一直身体不好，这可不值得羡慕。

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。

He was in the unenviable position of having to choose between imprisonment or exile.
他已陷於进退维谷的地步，不是坐牢就是流放，必须在两者间做出抉择。

权威例句

An unenviable role

An unenviable role

An unenviable task

An unenviable role.

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英语词源：

unenviable (adj.)

1640s, from un- (1) "not" + enviable (adj.). Related: Unenviably.

造句：

1. 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。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

2. unenviable notoriety.

不值得羡慕的恶名声。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

3. But the choices available to Mr. Reagan strike U. S. policy-makers as equally unenviable.

但是，照美国的政策制定者们看来，可供里根选择的种种办法，也是同样不妙的。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

4. We have a grandson who will be two years old shortly. His parents have given my wife and I the unenviable task of making him bilingual. It is a very tough assignment, as we are with him only a couple of hours on most days.

我有一个就快两岁的孙子,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。这可不是一件容易的事,我们和他在一起的时间,多数时候不超过两三个小时。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 社会

5. 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.

辩论中的为难（尴尬、困难）时刻；接着他的评论之后的尴尬的停顿；令人为难的问题；在采取行动的困难形势下他打算挽救这一战役的高潮。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

6. unenviable reputatio

不值得羡慕的名声

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

7. The unenviable task of preparing it would inevitably fall on the women folks, assisted by their domestic help for those who could afford them.

准备一顿丰富晚餐的工作，当然是落在家中女成员的身上，比较富裕的家庭则可能有佣人帮忙。

-- 来源 -- life - 汉英

8. 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.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

9. unenviable adj.

不值得羡慕的；不羡慕的；不嫉妒的

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

10. 3.Only twenty-five percent of the planet can be considered developed,leaving several billion inhabitants in the unenviable position of being the Have Nots.

3.世界上只有1／4的人口处于发达状态，其他数十亿人则处于不令人羡慕的贫穷状态。

-- 来源 -- science - 汉英