讨好的

Nobody was keen to take on such a thankless task.

没有人愿意承担这费力不任务。

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

那是一件吃力不事情, 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.

总统企图各方做法招致了灾难性后果。

She was anxious to please the smart kid.

她很想那潇洒小伙子。

Jackson is leaning over backwards to persuade his wealthy uncle.

杰克逊想尽办法去他那个有钱叔叔。

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

我相信雷会刻意新来主管，毕竟他知道己利益之所在。

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.

他为了有组织劳，由贸易条款不屑一顾，试图否决人权利，以无记名投票方式决定是否成立会。

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，但是这于大多数作家来说，是费力不）。