invidious
adjective /ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
/ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
(formal)- unpleasant and unfair; likely to offend somebody or make them jealous
讨厌而不公正的；易引起反感的；招人嫉妒的 - 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。 - 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。 - Union leaders called the new rules ‘invidious and divisive’.
工会领导人称新规定“令人反感和分裂”。
Collocations DictionaryInvidious is used with these nouns:- position
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin invidiosus, from invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’. - We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives.