drudgery
英 [ˈdrʌdʒəri]
美 [ˈdrʌdʒəri]
n. 单调乏味的苦差事; 繁重无聊的工作
复数：drudgeries
BNC.19455 / COCA.20108
牛津词典
noun
- 单调乏味的苦差事；繁重无聊的工作
hard boring work
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 单调乏味的苦差事;无聊的工作
You usedrudgeryto refer to jobs and tasks which are boring or unpleasant but which must be done.- People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.
人们想摆脱日常生活中单调乏味的工作。
- People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.
英英释义
noun
- hard monotonous routine work
双语例句
- In other cases, the wider use of simple machines could reduce drudgery and improve efficiency.
在其他情况下，更广泛地使用简单机械可以减少单调的苦工并改善效率。 - Many caregivers told me that their experience was dissolving, through simple drudgery, their fear of death.
许多照顾者们告诉我，通过简单的劳累，他们的经历正在消除他们对死亡的恐惧。 - Were it for work and drudgery it would be endlessly long.
若是为工作和劳役，生命就变得无尽的漫长。 - All it takes is a roof, a gutter and a tank to lift the poor out of drudgery.
让穷人摆脱苦工只需要一个屋顶、一个檐槽和一个水箱。 - Are you in love with this drudgery?
你这么喜欢这份苦差事吗？ - A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。 - The authors offer useful tips to take the drudgery out of eating and living right.
本书提供的有用建议使得遵循正确的饮食和生活之道不再是件苦差事。 - The creative spark that had been buried under dishes, diapers and drudgery now flamed into life.
一直埋没于杯盘碟子，尿布和杂务之间的创作火花现在迸发出生命之光。 - The bad news is that it will probably not be able to free my colleagues or me entirely from the drudgery of working for a living.
坏消息是它无法将我和我的同行们从努力工作以求生计的苦海中解脱出来。 - The drudgery of your actions shall cast a net within which you shall be trapped.
你们的行动的苦工将投下一张网，你们会被困在其中。