She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers.
让她去通知失败的人，真不是什么好差事。
1.不值得羡慕的
1.difficult and not at all enjoyable
1.A bad decision made early in a time of crisis lives on, says Fink, because a leader is often put in the unenviable position of defending it.
芬克称，面临危机时，过早做出的错误决定往往后患无穷，因为公司的领导者在为这些错误决定作辩护时，往往被迫处于一种难堪的处境。
2.Shanghai's nightlife is in the unenviable position of having to live up to its own decades-old reputation.
上海的夜生活处在一个不令人羡慕的位置上，那就是她不能辜负自己几十年的盛名。
3.China now holds the unenviable record of producing as much organic water pollution as the United States, Japan and India combined.
中国目前造成有机水污染已创新纪录，是美国、日本和印度的总和。
4.An unenviable task, then, for the American diplomats who face the task of arguing back in defence of old-fashioned libertarianism.
美国外交官面临一个不值得羡慕的任务，即为过时的自由意志主义辩护。
5.Such a difficult choice placed her in an invidious and unenviable position.
如此艰难的选择使她处于一种引起反感的和尴尬的境地。
6.Lehman faces an unenviable choice: It would be a sign of weakness if Lehman ends up selling large amounts of assets under pressure.
雷曼兄弟面临着一个两难的处境：如果迫于压力出售大笔资产，可能会被市场视为羸弱的信号；
7.All this leaves policymakers with an unenviable task: deciding when and how to withdraw the drugs.
这给各国决策者们抛出了一个异常艰巨的任务：他们必须选择一个适当的时机和方式撤回刺激方案。
8.All minor browsers have had the unenviable task of deciding which event model to support.
所有的小众浏览器都必须不那么光彩的决定支持那种事件模型。
9.Deciding on which team will come away with the trophy is the unenviable task here.
决定哪支队伍会赢得总冠军并不是一个很轻松的工作。
10.This leaves many vendors in the unenviable spot of having to finesse their business model like a game of Risk.
这样的话，许多厂商就会处于不利地位，必须小心调整自己的业务模式，这就成了一场风险游戏。