单词 | unenviable |
释义 | unenviable (once / 10243 pages) adj WORD FAMILY unenviable: unenviably+/enviable: enviably, unenviable/envious: enviously, enviousness/envy: enviable, envied, envies, envious, envying USAGE EXAMPLESIt is an unenviable task to be a mother to a black child in America. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) “Now the president has the unenviable task of explaining.” Los Angeles Times(Nov 14, 2016) “Now the president has the unenviable task of telling his counterparts and explaining what Europeans are now coining ‘the Trump effect,'” Conley said. Seattle Times(Nov 14, 2016) 1adj so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy unenviable notoriety Syn undesirable, unwanted not wanted 2adj hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign Syn awkward, embarrassing, sticky difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure |
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