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
  1. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy
  1. unenviable notoriety
• hard to deal with
  1. awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
  2. an awkward pause followed his remark
  3. a sticky question
  4. in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
  Synonym:awkwardembarrassingsticky

双语例句

• Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill
  沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。
• It's a management team with an unenviable task.
  资讯科技是有一件不值得羡慕的工作经营团队。
• 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。
• His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety
  他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。
• Deciding on which team will come away with the trophy is the unenviable task here.
  决定哪支队伍会赢得总冠军并不是一个很轻松的工作。
• But the Harbin scandal also focused the spotlight on an unenviable safety record.
  但哈尔滨丑闻也将人们的注意力引向不光彩的安全记录。
• He has an unenviable record of ill-health.
  他一直身体不好，这可不值得羡慕。
• In contrast, many Western banks are in the unenviable position of having to pay a premium.
  相反，许多西方银行却处于不得不支付溢价的尴尬境地。
• However, the eurozone leaders have stolen this unenviable prize by letting the Greek debt crisis get so out of hand that it now threatens the integrity of the eurozone.
  但是，欧元区各国领导人抢先一步、摘得了这个并不令人钦羡的桂冠&他们让希腊债务危机失控，使其威胁到欧元区的完整性。
• 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。