
英:/'ʌnˈɡreɪtfl/ 美:/'ʌnˈɡreɪtfl/
GRE
adj. 忘恩負義的;不領情的;讨厭的;徒勞的
I never would have thought he was such an ungrateful person.
我沒想到他是個那麼忘恩負義的人。
I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.
我實在為我的愚蠢和忘恩負義的行為感到非常抱歉。
I'm an ungrateful beast, I know, sobbed Toad, shedding bitter tears.
“我知道,我是個忘恩負義的畜生。”癞蛤蟆托德抽泣着,流下了苦澀的眼淚。
I thought I should choke; I could not tell any one, for that would have been ungrateful.
我想,我要悶死了;我不能告訴任何人,因為那樣做是忘恩負義的。
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說:是您給我的生命帶來了新的意義,那我可就是個忘恩負義的壞蛋了。
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.
她有一個忘恩負義、懷恨于心的家庭。麥琪給家裡買了一套房子,但她媽媽卻因為擔心自己的詐騙救濟會敗露而大發雷霆。
adj.|evil/empty/rank;忘恩負義的;不領情的;讨厭的;徒勞的
“ungrateful”是一個形容詞,用于描述某人缺乏感恩之心或未能對受到的幫助、善意表達感謝。該詞由否定前綴“un-”與“grateful”(感激的)組成,字面意義為“不感激的”。例如,當一個人受到他人的恩惠卻表現出冷漠或抱怨時,可被形容為“ungrateful”(來源:Oxford Learner's Dictionaries)。
從詞源學角度,“grateful”源自拉丁語“gratus”(意為“令人愉悅的”或“感謝的”),而“ungrateful”最早記錄于16世紀英語文獻中,用于批判道德層面的忘恩行為(來源:Merriam-Webster)。在文學作品中,該詞常被用于刻畫負面角色特質,如莎士比亞戲劇《李爾王》中李爾王指責女兒“How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless (ungrateful) child!”(擁有忘恩的孩子比毒蛇的牙齒更尖銳)(來源:Collins English Dictionary)。
現代用法中,“ungrateful”既可形容具體行為(如“ungrateful remarks”),也可描述整體性格特征(如“an ungrateful friend”)。其近義詞包括“unappreciative”(不知感恩的)和“thankless”(徒勞無益的),反義詞則為“grateful”(感激的)和“appreciative”(感謝的)(來源:Cambridge Dictionary)。
Ungrateful 是一個英語形容詞,主要含義為“忘恩負義的”或“不領情的”。以下是其詳細解析:
忘恩負義
He is an ungrateful fellow; I'll never help him.(他是個忘恩負義的家夥,我再也不幫他了。)
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,你卻背叛他們?這是恩将仇報!)
不領情或令人不悅
I made you dinner, and this is how you repay me?(我為你做飯,你就這樣回報我?)
It is a mistake to lavish kindness to ungrateful people.(對不知感恩的人施以善意是愚蠢的。)
徒勞的(古義)
類型 | 詞彙 | 區别說明 | 例句 |
---|---|---|---|
近義詞 | thankless | 強調付出未獲認可,多用于描述任務或行為。 | She did the thankless job of cleaning up.(她做了無人感激的清掃工作。) |
unthankful | 與ungrateful 同義,但更書面化。 | Unthankful children often disappoint parents.(不孝子女常令父母失望。) | |
反義詞 | grateful | 表示“感激的”,與ungrateful 直接對立。 | I am grateful for your help.(感謝你的幫助。) |
appreciative | 強調對善意或價值的認可。 | She gave an appreciative smile.(她報以感激的微笑。) |
常見搭配
He was ungrateful to his friends for their support.(他對朋友的支持不知感恩。)
She was ungrateful for the gift.(她對禮物不領情。)
派生詞
He accepted the money ungratefully.(他毫無感激地收下錢。)
Her ungratefulness shocked everyone.(她的忘恩負義令衆人震驚。)
文化意義
詞根擴展
學習技巧
通過以上解析,ungrateful 的用法覆蓋人際交往、情感表達及道德評判,需結合具體語境靈活掌握。
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