chores

英 [tʃɔːz]

美 [tʃɔrz]

n.  日常事务; 例行工作; 令人厌烦的任务; 乏味无聊的工作
chore的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 杂务;琐事
  Achoreis a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
  1. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore...
     她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。
  2. Making pasta by hand with a rolling pin can be a real chore.
     用擀面杖擀意大利面会是个非常枯燥乏味的活儿。
• N-COUNT 家务活;家庭琐事
  Choresare tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home.
  1. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores.
     我和丈夫都出去工作，所以我们家务活分摊。

双语例句

• She mucked in with the chores and did her own washing and ironing
  她也一起做些家务杂事，并自己洗熨衣服。
• The kids have gone off to school and the adults have just finished their morning household chores.
  孩子们上学去了，大人们也刚刚干完了上午的家务活。
• You can go and play after you've done your chores.
  你做完了日常事务就可以去玩了。
• My nieces and nephews did the farm chores, so I got to sleep in.
  我的侄子侄女们包揽了农场上的所有活儿，让我美美睡了一觉。
• Everybody shares in the cooking chores.
  每个人都帮着做饭。
• I don't think children should be paid for routine chores.
  我认为孩子干日常家务活不应该付给她钱。
• It's a home-service robot that may someday help you with everyday chores.
  它是一个家用服务机器人，将来有一天它可能可以帮你做每天的家务活。
• Seriously, I don't think it's school policy to have students do chores.
  严肃地说，我不认为学校规章有让学生做家务杂事的。
• If cooking and cleaning seem like boring chores to you, try doing them as a form of meditation.
  如果烹饪和清洁对你来说似乎烦琐的杂务，试着用冥想的方式来完成它们。
• We have many chores to do this morning.
  今天上午我们有很多家务活要做！