| 词汇 | unenviable |
| 释义 | unenviable adjective uk /ʌnˈen.vi.ə.bəl/ us /ʌnˈen.vi.ə.bəl/ An unenviable duty, choice, or situation is unpleasant or difficult: unenviable taskI had the unenviable task of cleaning up after the party.聚会散后，我要做那讨厌的清理工作。 They were left with an unenviable choice - flee with their families over the border, or stay and fight. The country finds itself in an unenviable position. He intended to fire her himself, but eventually the unenviable job fell to his assistant. It puts teachers in the unenviable situation of having to act in a policing role. Serious and unpleasant abominable abominably abysmal abysmally apocalyptic fraught frightful from hellidiom fun ghastliness not be all fun and gamesidiom noxiously objectionable objectionably odious unpleasantness unpretty unspeakable unspeakably unsupportable Compareunenvious Examples of unenviableunenviable He recognizes that most decisions are reached in an economic environment that places government in an unenviable position. Far from us to advise divorce, for in today's world it still incurs an unenviable stigma. In contrast, abstract avant-garde artists found themselves in an unenviable position. Due to the absence of suitable baseline information, many practitioners currently have the unenviable task of making post hoc assessments of the impact a contaminated site might be having. There has previously been no formal identification of those essential skills, concepts and sensitivities; consequently the task of designing and maintaining vocationally relevant curricula has been unenviable. Hudson was in an unenviable position. She now has the unenviable task of choosing between two competing necessities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To expend such a level of public money without one positive result is an unenviable record. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are sure of a lasting and unenviable notoriety in the history of the drink trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is my unenviable privilege to share your concern. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We have had that unenviable record since the end of the war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the unenviable position which forms the background to any debate on housing today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who had no such canteen found themselves in a rather unenviable position by comparison with those who did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It places the employee in an unenviable position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many women—and sometimes men—are left in an unenviable position because the opposite partner in the marriage has left, has disappeared and cannot be found again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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