轻松日记商务职场篇145:吃力不讨好

 　　核心句型：

　　He did the dirty work on that project.

　　在那个项目中，他真是吃力不讨好啊。

　　the dirty work直译过来就是：“脏活儿”，这个短语的正确意思是：“吃力不讨好的活儿”。因此，当美国人说"He did the dirty work on that project."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"The work he did on that project was arduous¹ but unrewarding."、"It is really a thankless task that he did on that project."。

　　情景对白：

　　Shirley: I hear their project is totally a success. So how much bonus could Terry get this time?

　　雪莉：听说他们的项目大获成功，那么泰瑞这次能拿到多少奖金啊？

　　Benjamin: Oh, don't mention it. He did the dirty work on that project.

　　本杰明：哦，别提了，在那个项目中，他真是吃力不讨好啊。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①I am sorry to hear that.

　　真为他感到遗憾。

　　②Did he just accept it?

　　他就这么接受了吗？

　　③I think he has the talent to do more important work.

　　我觉得他有能力胜任更重要的工作。

　　④The supervisor² is really bad to him.

　　主管对他真苛刻。

　　单词：

　　1. unrewarding adj. 无报酬的

　　Listening to it in its entirety is also fairly unrewarding.

　　把它完整地听下来后还是没多少收获。

　　Markets today would not tolerate unrewarding and risky³ investment on this scale.

　　今天的市场不会容忍没有回报又如此高风险的投资。

　　Lectures often seem very formal and empty things; recitations generally prove very dull and unrewarding.

　　讲座给人的感觉常常是非常正式且言之无物；背诵总是非常的枯燥且徒劳无益。

　　2. supervisor n. 主管

　　Each student has a supervisor to advise on the writing of the dissertation⁴.

　　每个学生都有导师指导他们写论文。

　　A supervisor praised the employee for her good work.

　　一位主管称赞这位员工的工作做的不错。

　　My supervisor is a spineless person. He never stands behind his decisions.

　　我的主管是一个没骨气的人。他不敢为他做的决定负责。

1 arduous   

adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的

参考例句：

• We must have patience in doing arduous work.我们做艰苦的工作要有耐性。
• The task was more arduous than he had calculated.这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。

2 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

3 risky   

adj.有风险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
• He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。

4 dissertation   

n.（博士学位）论文，学术演讲，专题论文

参考例句：

• He is currently writing a dissertation on the Somali civil war.他目前正在写一篇关于索马里内战的论文。
• He was involved in writing his doctoral dissertation.他在聚精会神地写他的博士论文。