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ungrateful

/uhn-greyt-fuhl/US // ʌnˈgreɪt fəl //UK // (ʌnˈɡreɪtfʊl) //

知恩不报,忘恩负义,负心汉,知恩图报

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unappreciative; not displaying gratitude; not giving due return or recompense for benefits conferred: ungrateful heirs.
    • : unpleasant; distasteful; repellent: an ungrateful task.

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Examples

  • So it was very hard for me to accept that I was struggling because I didn’t want to seem ungrateful.

  • Republicans are furious that corporations appear so ungrateful.

  • I wanted to take it back, but he pouted so much about how ungrateful I was that I just let it go.

  • I just feel trapped, and I can’t talk about it with anyone without seeming ungrateful.

  • “This may sound ungrateful but if you want to protect yourself, you may want to stay away,” she continues.

  • I know one shouldn't be ungrateful, but what is it about people giving your kids ridiculous presents when you are on holiday?

  • There will be tears, ungrateful betrayals, but at some point—if you keep your faith—the problem child will grow up.

  • Small children are ungrateful; to do one a favor is, from a business point of view, about as shrewd as making a subprime mortgage.

  • No, no,” added Mr. Pickwick more cheerfully, “it would be selfish and ungrateful.

  • "This is the most ungrateful outfit of greasers I ever met up with," cried Clip, hurrying toward the second man.

  • I am grateful—voyons—if anybody ever says Aristide Pujol is ungrateful, he is a liar.

  • Somehow or other the maternal rôle, which had been so suddenly thrown upon Georgina, had become not ungrateful to her.

  • It is a sweet revenge to a man who loves passionately to make an ungrateful mistress appear still more so, by his very actions.