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

• Australia is on track to become the fattest nation, although experts questioned whether it had overtaken the United States and small Pacific countries for the unenviable title.
  澳大利亚正走在成为最肥国的路上，尽管专家们怀疑它是否已赶上美国和其它一些亚太地区小国，摘下顶并不让人艳羡的“桂冠”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety
  他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cooper had the unenviable job of announcing the redundancies.
  库伯负责宣布裁员这个不讨好的任务。
• 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。
• 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。