invidious
adj. 會招致不滿的,激起怨恨的
If you describe a task or job as invidious, you mean that it is unpleasant because it is likely to make you unpopular.
The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.
當局可能會發現自己處於必須要拒絕但又會因此而不得人心的境地。
An invidious comparison or choice between two things is an unfair one because the two things are very different or are equally good or bad.
Police officers fear invidious comparisons...
警官擔心會進行不公正的比較。
It is invidious to make a selection.
不相上下,很難選擇。
1. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
It is invidious to make a selection.
不相上下,很難選擇。
The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.
當局可能會發現自己處於必須要拒絕但又會因此而不得人心的境地。
She'd put herself in an invidious position.
她陷入了招人嫉妒的情境。
Marx concentrates on the alienation of labour and emphasizes the invidious aspects.
馬克思集中論述了勞動的異化,強調它令人厭惡的方面.
It'seemed to tell also that his success had not been exclussive and invidious.
似乎也在表示,他不是一帆風順的,他的成功不應招致嫉妒.