invidious

adj.

1. 讨厌而不公正的；易引起反感的；招人嫉妒的
   unpleasant and unfair; likely to offend sb or make them jealous
   1. We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives.
      我们处于左右为难的窘境，不知是要违法还是要拿生命冒险。
   2. It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank.
      单独感谢任何一个人都易引起反感。

1. ADJ-GRADED (任务、工作)招致不满的，引起反感的
   If you describe a task or job as invidious, you mean that it is unpleasant because it is likely to make you unpopular.
   1. The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.
      当局可能会发现自己处于必须要拒绝但又会因此而不得人心的境地。
2. ADJ (比较、选择)不公平的，难以决定的
   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.
   1. Police officers fear invidious comparisons...
      警官担心会进行不公正的比较。
   2. It is invidious to make a selection.
      不相上下，很难选择。

1. The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.
   当局可能会发现自己处于必须要拒绝但又会因此而不得人心的境地。
2. Police officers fear invidious comparisons
   警官担心会进行不公正的比较。
3. It is invidious to make a selection.
   不相上下，很难选择。
4. It seemed to tell also that his success had not been exclussive and invidious.
   似乎也在表示，他不是一帆风顺的，他的成功不应招致嫉妒。
5. Either the change in the quality of the air from heavy to light, or the sense of being amid new scenes where there were no invidious eyes upon her, sent up her spirits wonderfully.
   也许是空气的性质从沉闷到轻松的变化，也许是她觉得已经到了没有人用恶意的眼光看待她的新地方，于是她的精神奇妙地振作起来。
6. Passive following triggers invidious emotions, with users mainly envying happiness of others, the way others spend their vacations and socialize, the researchers said in the report Envy on Facebook: A Hidden Threat to Users 'Life Satisfaction? released on Tuesday.
   研究人员在周二发布的名为《Facebook引发嫉妒心理：用户生活满意度的潜在威胁》报告中指出：被动浏览会让人产生反感，用户主要是在嫉妒别人的幸福生活、度假方式和社交活动。
7. Marx concentrates on the alienation of labor and emphasizes the invidious aspects.
   马克思集中论述了劳动的异化，强调它令人厌恶的方面。
8. An invidious comparison, distinction, argument, etc.
   招人反感的对比、区分、论证等。
9. We should guard against invidious comparisons with Scotland yard.
   我们应该谨慎，不要同伦敦警察厅作不公正的比较。
10. It is invidious profiteering those hospitals.
    那些医院简直就是惟利是图。
11. It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank.
    单独感谢任何一个人都易引起反感。
12. The role of a reviewer can be an invidious one.
    评论家不好当，很可能会引起不满。
13. Wise teachers avoid invidious rules against the students.
    聪明的老师避免令学生厌恶的规定。
14. You know, leave my native place* and then encountered invidious thing
    要知道，离开了我的家乡并且然后遇上一些令人愤怒的事情
15. The Quartet ( sans trois most of the time) anyway puts the United Nations in the invidious position of acting as bag-carrier for the US.
    不管怎样，四重奏（大多数时候是没有三方）让联合国惹人反感地处在充当美国附庸的地位。
16. Meanwhile, a general description of the characteristics of essays invidious stages.
    同时，对各个阶段的批评文本特征作了概括性地描述。
17. Paul Krugman, of Princeton University, has recently argued that contemporary America's widening income gap is ushering in a new age of invidious inequalities.
    普林斯顿大学的PaulKrugman近来发表言论说，现在美国人的贫富差距正在不断加大，已经进入了一个新的恶性不平等时代了。
18. Once I had heard about the greycoyne report, I was in an invidious position.
    一旦我听过格雷-科因报告以后，也就处于一种招人猜忌的地位。
19. Many may think it is invidious for me to comment on my own compensation, but I wanted to add to the debate on CEO compensation.
    许多人或许认为，如果我对自己的薪酬发表看法，这将会引火烧身，但我想谈一谈有关ceo薪酬的话题。
20. Mario Draghi, the incoming Italian president of the bank, would find himself in the invidious position of being compelled to save his own country in the teeth of complaints from the German public over the debauching of their central bank.
    即将上任的欧洲央行行长、意大利人马里奥德拉吉（mariodraghi）会发现自己处在一种很容易挨骂的境地，他不得不顶着德国公众抨击他令欧洲央行失去原则的骂声，努力拯救自己的祖国。
21. But doing so would put regulators in an invidious position.
    但这样做会让监管机构招致不满。

adj

1. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
   1. discriminatory attitudes and practices
   2. invidious comparisons

   Synonym:    discriminatory