Not getting back what your effort deserved. It describes work, hard effort, patience or loyalty that produced nothing in return — no prize, no thanks, no result.

Not getting back沒有得到回報 what your effort deserved你努力應得的東西。It describes這個字形容的是 work, hard effort, patience or loyalty工作、辛苦的努力、耐心或忠誠 that produced nothing in return卻沒有換來任何回報——no prize, no thanks, no result沒有獎賞、沒有感謝、沒有結果。

The most common shapes are 'go unrewarded' and 'remain unrewarded': 'her years of hard work went unrewarded'. Notice that 'go unrewarded' construction; it is where the word lives most naturally.

The most common shapes are最常見的用法是 'go unrewarded' and 'remain unrewarded''go unrewarded' 和 'remain unrewarded': 'her years of hard work went unrewarded'像 'her years of hard work went unrewarded'（她多年的辛苦都沒有回報）。Notice that 'go unrewarded' construction特別注意 'go unrewarded' 這個用法; it is where the word lives most naturally這是這個字最自然出現的地方。

Two shades of meaning sit inside it. Sometimes the missing reward is money or a prize — the promotion that never came. Sometimes it is simply the outcome you were working toward — an unrewarded effort that produced no success at all.

Two shades of meaning兩種細微的意思 sit inside it都藏在這個字裡。Sometimes the missing reward is money or a prize有時候缺少的回報是錢或獎賞——the promotion that never came就像一直沒等到的升遷。Sometimes it is simply the outcome you were working toward有時候缺少的只是你原本在追求的那個結果——an unrewarded effort that produced no success at all一個完全沒有換來成功的努力。

Often it carries a note of unfairness: the writer thinks someone should have received something and did not. Because of that, it appears a lot in sport reporting ('their dominance went unrewarded' — they played better but did not score) and in stories about workers, carers and volunteers.

Often it carries a note of unfairness常常帶著一點不公平的味道: the writer thinks someone should have received something作者覺得某人應該得到什麼 and did not卻沒有得到。Because of that因為這樣, it appears a lot in sport reporting這個字常出現在體育報導裡 ('their dominance went unrewarded'像 'their dominance went unrewarded' — they played better but did not score（他們踢得比較好，但沒有進球）) and in stories about workers, carers and volunteers也出現在講勞工、照顧者、志工的故事裡。

It is fairly formal and mostly written.

It is fairly formal算是相當正式 and mostly written而且大多用在書面上。

It also turns up in a stubborn hopeful phrase: 'virtue is its own reward' has a shadow twin in the idea that good deeds often go unrewarded — a small, dry complaint about how the world works.

It also turns up in a stubborn hopeful phrase它也出現在一句帶點倔強又帶點希望的話裡: 'virtue is its own reward''virtue is its own reward'（德行本身就是回報） has a shadow twin in the idea that有一個陰影般的雙胞胎句子，講的是 good deeds often go unrewarded善行常常得不到回報——a small, dry complaint about how the world works帶著一點對這世界運作方式的小小、乾乾的抱怨。