讨好的

Nobody was keen to take on such a thankless task.

没有意承担这费力不讨好的任务。

It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.

那是一件吃力不讨好的事情, 所以我们很快就不让他做了。

The President’s attempts to be all things to all men had disastrous consequences.

总统企图讨好各方的做法招致了灾难性的后果。

She was anxious to please the smart kid.

她很想讨好那潇洒的小伙子。

Jackson is leaning over backwards to persuade his wealthy uncle.

杰克逊想尽办法去讨好他那个有钱的叔叔。

I’m sure Ray will make a special effort to please the new supervisor—after all, he knows which side his bread is buttered!

我相信雷会刻意讨好新来的主管，毕竟他知道自己的利益之所在。

He kisses up to organised labour by scorning free-trade deals and seeking to deny workers the right to a secret ballot on whether to unionise.

他为了讨好有组织的劳工，对自由贸易条款不屑一顾，试图否决工的权利，以无票的方式决定是否成立工会。

You can see problems that aren't appear in a double-spaced Courier typescript. ( Yes, you could do this in the old days on galley proofs, but that was an expensive luxury for most writers).

（没错，以前在毛条校样时也能发现问题，但是这对于大多数作家来说，是费力不讨好的）。