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

• 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。
• The former foreign minister's supporters know that Karzai now faces two unenviable choices.
  前外交部部长的支持者们知道卡尔扎伊现在面临着两个令其为难的选择。
• His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety
  他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。
• 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。
• Companies in industries such as software and telephony find themselves in the unenviable position of trying to guess how much of their business will move to this advertising-supported sector-and how quickly they need to respond.
  软件、电话等行业的公司发现，自己陷入了一种不值得羡慕的境地，要努力地猜测自己的业务有多少会转到这种由广告支持的领域以及自己需要以多快的速度进行反应。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is an unenviable choice, which Mr Obama has already made once before, only to back down when the going got tough.
  这是一个不值得羡慕的选择奥巴马以前已经做过这样的选择，结果是当形势变得严峻时不得不放弃。