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

• 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。
• 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 abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety
  他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。
• 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。
• This leaves many vendors in the unenviable spot of having to finesse their business model like a game of risk.
  这样的话，许多厂商就会处于不利地位，必须小心调整自己的业务模式，这就成了一场风险游戏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。