| 单词 | unremunerative |
| 例句 | In the decades that followed, Mr. Rust devoted his life to freelance music writing and discography, an unremunerative, solitary but, to him and his fellow travelers, deeply necessary enterprise. Brian Rust, Father of Modern Discography, Dies at 88 2011-02-02T05:22:39Z They justify their unremunerative paths by an idea of art as ultimate redemption. Review: The engrossing 'Little Theatre' spills the tea on L.A.'s 99-seat theater scene 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z As state support declined, the problem of unremunerative prices and debt escalated. Farm Protests in India Are Writing the Green Revolution's Obituary 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z For fun, yes, if your definition of fun involves hours of historical research, days of dough-drying and the pursuit of an esoteric craft that is as unremunerative as it is beautiful. The Dim Sum Chef Who Plays With His Dough 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The Senate bill passed 35 to 1, but only after lawmakers spent more than an hour railing against what they called an unnecessary and dangerous intrusion on their difficult and unremunerative legislative jobs. Va. House and Senate unhappily pass ethics bills; governor awaits deal 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z It is complicated and unremunerative in the last degree. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Many gold mines have become worthless propositions merely through changes in the ore that have rendered further work unremunerative. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z Some of the noblest and best pass their lives in daily drudgery and unremunerative toil—while many of the mean, vicious and stupid reach place and power. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Sewell, who held only an unremunerative claim, was already an influence in the Green River country. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z I have myself noticed some plainly evident faults in her: a most impolitic honesty; and, when stirred, an impulsiveness which is sure to be unremunerative in the long-run. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z In order to avoid a glut which might make ice importation unremunerative, and endanger the steadiness of the supply, the Government has kept in its own hands the monopoly of the ice-trade. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z This was always a sore point with Freeling, and he constantly adduced it as an instance of unremunerative work. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z But at any rate the work is lawful, because unremunerative. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 2011-10-02T02:00:16.433Z History has done justice to these well-meaning efforts of William; but the political virtue which for the moment was its own reward, must, one imagines, have been felt by him as painfully unremunerative. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z The virtues which the aristocracy had previously associated only with unremunerative occupations came to seem available in certain kinds of paid employment too, one might turn one's hobby into a job. Modern marriage 2011-07-22T14:51:09Z Its advertisements were few and unremunerative; and its total income was insufficient to cover one-half the cost of making it. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z He knew that, viewed in the dead white light of sober judgment, tested by commercial rates, his ambition to stand chief victor in Cupid's lists, would be ignoble and unremunerative. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The whale fishery, at one time the leading fishing industry of the country, is now conducted chiefly in the North Pacific and Arctic oceans, but is decaying, being now expensive, uncertain and often unremunerative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The energies God manifestly gave them for shoving, they dissipate in the creation of weak beautiful things and unremunerative theories, or in the establishment of views sometimes diametrically opposed to the ideas of influential people. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z The burden of armaments increased, and unremunerative expenditure drained the resources which should have been available for the costs of social reform. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z He studied law at the Universities of Moscow and Petrograd, but finding his practice unremunerative he became a police-court reporter for a daily paper. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The halfpenny postage rate for bulky newspapers, for example, or the extension of telegraph offices to rural districts, may be socially useful, but they are unremunerative. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The very best of it—costly business blocks in the heart of the cities—is unremunerative. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 The furtherance of unremunerative scientific research is one of the few functions properly within the scope of an ideal government. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois We were far from the mean cares of an unremunerative profession; we were men not fettered by any given address, any pledged date, any preconcerted route. Man and Maid It had been built for purely military purposes and was unremunerative as a commerical undertaking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The authorities in London thereupon ordered the Deputy in the province to discontinue all unremunerative services, a course of action which proved effective. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Hard labour—occupation toilsome and unremunerative; at the same time useful: just the proper occupation for criminals. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) These were found to be unremunerative, and it was necessary to substitute others for them. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind He frittered away the resources of the kingdom in the unremunerative Swedish war of 1675-79, and did nothing for internal progress in the twenty years of peace which followed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" His patrimony had been nearly exhausted in his education; his law-business was unremunerative; his paper, as we have said, was not a success financially; and his poetry brought him much more honor than cash. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Nevertheless, the evanescencies that came and went and chequered his career were not quite unremunerative, though they were hardly lucrative. When Ghost Meets Ghost June 2nd.—I am nearly dead with dyspepsia, over-smoking, and unremunerative overwork. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Premature extension into unremunerative territory, for political or contracting reasons, excessive competition in the fertile areas, heavy fixed charges on inflated capital or leased roads, water competition, absentee proprietorship, all played their part. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways All these were perennially open sluices, which had drained England of its wealth for centuries, returning only in showers of paper; and the Commons were determined that streams so unremunerative should flow no longer. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Your father has a shadowy interest in some old bonds which have for years been unremunerative. The Crevice After this worthy but unremunerative labor, Mr. Withers turned his attention to Missouri for a suitable home for his old age. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State The chemist's report was not unfavourable; nevertheless, owing to the strong prejudice against the article, the sale was so limited, that its manufacture had to be discontinued as unremunerative. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge These expeditions to North America were very costly, and by their very nature unremunerative for the present. Raleigh It is believed, however, that his own works were unremunerative, and several manufactories on his pattern, erected in Germany, have likewise proved unprofitable. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel Coming to Canada, he had married and taken up the bush life on a small and unremunerative ranch, where he had died and left his widow and his son badly provided for. The Long Portage Then the unremunerative public works were abandoned; for many of these had been begun only for the purpose of occupying the prisoners. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 Of course his art remained as yet unremunerative; thus his means were scanty, and the friends he might have hoped to make turned out enemies. Overbeck "It is most unfortunate, but my—er—investments have been singularly unremunerative of late," said his Serene Highness. A Son of the Immortals Subject to illusions, she imagined that the good nuns, who received her as an unremunerative paying guest, were in league against her mangy, but beloved dog. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship I have always maintained that a man should devote himself to the work he can do best, no matter how unpractical or how unremunerative it may seem to others. There was a King in Egypt His illustrations—in chief part for American publications—were all done at night, as his days were delivered over to earnest though unremunerative painting. The History of "Punch" In my opinion this is merely due to lack of persevering investigation—for one cannot believe that this vast area of land can be utterly unremunerative. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell However unremunerative the reefs may prove, these other resources will in the long run assure to it a settled white population and a reasonable measure of prosperity. Impressions of South Africa You are rather inclined to shirk boring responsibilities and unattractive, unremunerative toil; are greedy of pleasure and excitement, devoted to the art of having a good time. Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People He cared not whether new books were unremunerative. Clayhanger He defended several Mexican criminals, and found this a more congenial form of practice, but an unremunerative one. The Blood of the Conquerors After the first month I could discontinue with those who seemed likely to prove unremunerative. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble She was so slow as to be unremunerative, as compared with horses. History of Steam on the Erie Canal His property was barely sufficient to enable him to live respectably, even according to the simple standard of the time, and could open to him no occupation in the way of gratifying unremunerative tastes. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series To this man he engaged himself at $1.50 per day, where he remained until the business became unremunerative, a period of three years. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The latter carriage proved unremunerative, the public hardly ever patronising seconds. The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway We are not aware whether Dr. Thomson entered on the study of medicine with any view of going into the arduous and often unremunerative toils of private practice. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities This was so unremunerative, however, that it was exchanged for a post on the Chancery at Rimini. Michael Angelo Buonarroti The thing which beyond all others Bruce dreaded was unremunerative notoriety. Alec Forbes of Howglen It therefore seemed to them very improbable that he would be resigned to follow such a laborious and unremunerative life. The Waif of the "Cynthia" There was thus every reason for a journeyman to regard the teaching of apprentices as unremunerative, irksome, and annoying. The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste In the language of economics, the Sleepless Watchdog is an unremunerative investment. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 The present depression of their occupations, the hard, steady, and often unremunerative toil which such occupations exact, and the burdens of taxation which our agriculturists necessarily bear entitle them to every legitimate consideration. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term I am afraid there can be no doubt that for a while he served the Russian secret police as a spy; but he proved an unremunerative spy; they turned him off. Grey Roses All these were perennially open sluices, which had drained England of its wealth for centuries, returning only in showers of paper, and the Commons were determined that streams so unremunerative should flow no longer. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) This price, however, is unremunerative to the grower, so that, unless more encouragement offers, the supply will decline. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. There are few men who are in want, or in actual dread of being thrown out of employment, however unremunerative, who will assert their right. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin If Judge Gray was surprised that the grandson of his old friend Matthew Kendrick should thus offer himself for the obscure and comparatively unremunerative post of secretary, he gave no evidence of it. The Twenty-Fourth of June Ordinarily this was an unremunerative art, but on a few occasions I derived real profit from it, when my stilts enabled me to escape storms that were about to break over my head. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 This he also rejects, as being expensive in management, and therefore unremunerative. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines Sometimes such schemes are abandoned at the last moment because too costly or too unremunerative. The Waters of Edera Of late years the competition of the importations of New Zealand lamb has reduced the price of English lamb to an unremunerative level. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Red and white fir, which are practically useless for lumber, are found to make excellent wrapping and tissue papers, and thus, from being unremunerative products of our forests, become sources of income. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter On the following Monday I glanced at The Cake at breakfast-time to make sure, as usual, of her inferiority to my beloved but unremunerative Bun. A Diversity of Creatures Here Southey entered steadily and industriously on the life of an author for livelihood; it was by no means unremunerative. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters After these trying and unremunerative experiences it is not astonishing that the Bulgarian people and its ambitious ruler should have retired to the remote interior of their shell. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Now you talk stuff and nonsense—" "Yes, Sister; but I begin to suspect that the right sort of stuff and nonsense is not unremunerative. Figures of Earth She ought to have had change of air, but that was out of the question, for Mr. Rymer's business was as unremunerative as ever, and with difficulty he provided the household with food. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories He did not, however, obtain possession of this ferry until 1537, and the benefice proved so unremunerative that it was exchanged for a little post in the Chancery at Rimini. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti No wonder the harbor works were unremunerative in their early stages. A Man of Mark "It's because I knew he would manage to make cooking-stoves as unremunerative as a profession that I saved him from so glaring a failure by putting him into the law." The Custom of the Country To dream of a famine, foretells that your business will be unremunerative and sickness will prove a scourge. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition But as the works were found to be unremunerative, they were shortly afterwards closed. Men of Invention and Industry Medicine is becoming a more and more unremunerative profession. Baron Trigault's Vengeance He was a safe blower for a while, but wisely soon abandoned that fascinating but precarious and unremunerative career. The Conflict But the orange interest heavily overshadows every other, while vines have of late years been so unremunerative they are seldom mentioned. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon To make a picture, denotes that you will engage in some unremunerative enterprise. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition As an investment, these possessions were extremely unremunerative. The Market-Place The low price of grain, which was imported in huge quantities from Sicily and other Roman provinces, operated to crush the small holder, at the same time as it made arable farming unremunerative. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He spent, he said, L.30 in not unsuccessful, though unremunerative, experiments. The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens With a Description of the Manufacturing Process by Which They Are Produced An independent bachelor can afford to follow unremunerative study; a married man, unless he is rich, must lay out his time to the best pecuniary advantage. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 There is the unfortunate poet Collins, who was driven insane by the disappointment attending his unremunerative toil, and the want of public appreciation of his verses. Books Fatal to Their Authors Many customers of that unremunerative order had the widow. Mrs. Day's Daughters Still, this was a tangible, definite offer of unremunerative but at the same time semi-pseudo-patriotic work, not to be sneezed at. Alone The plants rarely grow as high as two feet, and the trouble and expense are simply unremunerative. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes "My hopes of fortune have been dispelled by unremunerative Government contracts," said a contractor at the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 26, 1917 As things stood, the property seemed likely to remain unremunerative forever, and so there was nothing risked in allowing the purchaser a couple of years' credit. Fruitfulness The indigo-fields and vats of Louisiana had been generally abandoned as unremunerative. Old Creole Days Militarily, these tunnels are the most valuable section of the line; economically, they are the most costly and unremunerative. Turkey: a Past and a Future Some of her politicians would no doubt support the proposal with views of their own,—but it would be a serious, and for some time unremunerative, addition to their very embarrassing debt. Canada and the States There was, therefore, an unfailing zest in his work, and the majority of his labors had the character of experiments, which, nevertheless, were so guided by experience that they were rarely futile or unremunerative. Nature's Serial Story Unable to publish this costly but unremunerative material, he was delighted to give it up to the Ray Society. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence So, following his natural bent, he became an electrician, and now, abandoning the practical side of that modest calling, he was an experimental physicist, full of deep but unremunerative lore, and—an unsuccessful inventor. Stella Fregelius He gave too much attention to these unremunerative studies of types she never met in actual life. A Prisoner in Fairyland As my contributions to the Gazette Musicale proved so unremunerative, Schlesinger one day ordered me to work out a method for the Cornet a pistons. My Life — Volume 1 The publisher declared he could not undertake to bring it out without payment, as works of that nature were quite unremunerative. My Life — Volume 2 Two days of rough weather, and the blue bay had become discoloured with mud churned up by the sea, and the eagle found fishing poor and unremunerative sport. Confessions of a Beachcomber This is particularly true of potatoes, which have sold at an unremunerative price, or at a loss, as a direct result of overexpansion of acreage. State of the Union Address It also brought him an unremunerative case where some villains were trying to chouse some negro orphans out of $700. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) The only help we could hope for seemed to lie in journalistic work which, though rather unremunerative, had indeed given me the opportunity of making a little success. My Life — Volume 1 Mrs. Proudie's anger was still very hot, or she would not have spoken of an unremunerative outlay of money in such language as that. The Last Chronicle of Barset But all men cannot have such mentors, nor can all afford so long an unremunerative apprenticeship. How to Fail in Literature; a lecture It seemed incredible that a woman of that quality should be forced to accept a vocation at once so low, so distasteful, and so unremunerative. Under the Redwoods But it may be urged that the beginnings of all tasks are difficult and unremunerative, and that later developments of Pantheism may be more intelligible than the earlier ones. God the Known and God the Unknown This line, which was sufficiently unremunerative, required an immense mechanical toil. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Harte wrote an unsuccessful novel and collaborated with Mark Twain on an unremunerative play. Selected Stories of Bret Harte The one who is addressing you maintains, as a matter of right, a position of exceptional respect, nor, if he must express himself upon such a detail, are his excessively fatiguing duties entirely unremunerative...' The Wallet of Kai Lung Since then this very ill-clad and really necessitous person has devoted himself to the honourable but exceedingly arduous and in general unremunerative occupation of story-telling. The Wallet of Kai Lung Few in the entire Empire, with powers so versatilely pointing to an eminent position in any chosen direction, would have been content to pass their lives in an unremunerative existence devoted to actions of charity. The Wallet of Kai Lung |
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