| 释义 |
ˈthanklessness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being thankless; ungratefulness, unthankfulness.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. vii. 41 Were it not too shamefull a thankelesnesse in vs if wee shoulde not bee [etc.]. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iv. 404 Thy thanklesnesse, And such like Sinnes. 1840L. Hunt Legend of Florence i. ii, Friendship ends, In treachery and in thanklessness begun. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 273 Thanklessness shuts the door to God's personal mercies to us. |