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ungrateful

英[ʌn'greɪtfʊl;-f(ə)l] 美[ʌn'ɡretfl]
  • adj. 忘恩负义的;不领情的;讨厌的;徒劳的

英英释意


1. not feeling or showing gratitude;
"ungrateful heirs"
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare
2. disagreeable;
"I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln