
英:/'ʌnˈɡreɪtfl/ 美:/'ʌnˈɡreɪtfl/
GRE
adj. 忘恩负义的;不领情的;讨厌的;徒劳的
I never would have thought he was such an ungrateful person.
我没想到他是个那么忘恩负义的人。
I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.
我实在为我的愚蠢和忘恩负义的行为感到非常抱歉。
I'm an ungrateful beast, I know, sobbed Toad, shedding bitter tears.
“我知道,我是个忘恩负义的畜生。”癞蛤蟆托德抽泣着,流下了苦涩的眼泪。
I thought I should choke; I could not tell any one, for that would have been ungrateful.
我想,我要闷死了;我不能告诉任何人,因为那样做是忘恩负义的。
I would be an ungrateful wretch if I didn't tell you at least once that it was you who brought some meaning back into my life.
如果我一次也不跟您说:是您给我的生命带来了新的意义,那我可就是个忘恩负义的坏蛋了。
Her family is ungrateful and spiteful. When Maggie buys them a house, her mother flies off the handle, worried that her welfare scam will be ruined.
她有一个忘恩负义、怀恨于心的家庭。麦琪给家里买了一套房子,但她妈妈却因为担心自己的诈骗救济会败露而大发雷霆。
adj.|evil/empty/rank;忘恩负义的;不领情的;讨厌的;徒劳的
“ungrateful”是一个形容词,用于描述某人缺乏感恩之心或未能对受到的帮助、善意表达感谢。该词由否定前缀“un-”与“grateful”(感激的)组成,字面意义为“不感激的”。例如,当一个人受到他人的恩惠却表现出冷漠或抱怨时,可被形容为“ungrateful”(来源:Oxford Learner's Dictionaries)。
从词源学角度,“grateful”源自拉丁语“gratus”(意为“令人愉悦的”或“感谢的”),而“ungrateful”最早记录于16世纪英语文献中,用于批判道德层面的忘恩行为(来源:Merriam-Webster)。在文学作品中,该词常被用于刻画负面角色特质,如莎士比亚戏剧《李尔王》中李尔王指责女儿“How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless (ungrateful) child!”(拥有忘恩的孩子比毒蛇的牙齿更尖锐)(来源:Collins English Dictionary)。
现代用法中,“ungrateful”既可形容具体行为(如“ungrateful remarks”),也可描述整体性格特征(如“an ungrateful friend”)。其近义词包括“unappreciative”(不知感恩的)和“thankless”(徒劳无益的),反义词则为“grateful”(感激的)和“appreciative”(感谢的)(来源:Cambridge Dictionary)。
Ungrateful 是一个英语形容词,主要含义为“忘恩负义的”或“不领情的”。以下是其详细解析:
忘恩负义
He is an ungrateful fellow; I'll never help him.(他是个忘恩负义的家伙,我再也不帮他了。)
Your friends have had your back, and now you want to turn on them? That's biting the hand that feeds you!(朋友支持你,你却背叛他们?这是恩将仇报!)
不领情或令人不悦
I made you dinner, and this is how you repay me?(我为你做饭,你就这样回报我?)
It is a mistake to lavish kindness to ungrateful people.(对不知感恩的人施以善意是愚蠢的。)
徒劳的(古义)
类型 | 词汇 | 区别说明 | 例句 |
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近义词 | thankless | 强调付出未获认可,多用于描述任务或行为。 | She did the thankless job of cleaning up.(她做了无人感激的清扫工作。) |
unthankful | 与ungrateful 同义,但更书面化。 | Unthankful children often disappoint parents.(不孝子女常令父母失望。) | |
反义词 | grateful | 表示“感激的”,与ungrateful 直接对立。 | I am grateful for your help.(感谢你的帮助。) |
appreciative | 强调对善意或价值的认可。 | She gave an appreciative smile.(她报以感激的微笑。) |
常见搭配
He was ungrateful to his friends for their support.(他对朋友的支持不知感恩。)
She was ungrateful for the gift.(她对礼物不领情。)
派生词
He accepted the money ungratefully.(他毫无感激地收下钱。)
Her ungratefulness shocked everyone.(她的忘恩负义令众人震惊。)
文化意义
词根扩展
学习技巧
通过以上解析,ungrateful 的用法覆盖人际交往、情感表达及道德评判,需结合具体语境灵活掌握。
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