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
- We cannot hope for cheap food, but we can improve skills, boost productivity, reduce drudgery and enhance people's quality of life.
我们不能把希望放在廉价食品上,但是我们可以改善技能,促进生产力,减少单调的苦工,并提高人们的生活质量。 - A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
老板使工作枯燥,领袖使工作有趣。 - 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。 - Since its inception, it has been designed to shield developers from the drudgery of developing a persistence infrastructure.
从一开始,它就被设计成让开发人员逃避开发持久性基础设施的苦差事。 - 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。 - 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。 - He was facing a life of toil and drudgery and vexation.
摆在他面前的是终身的苦役和折磨。 - Boredom and drudgery are evil.
无聊而单调的工作是有害的。 - This drudgery makes me drowsy.
这乏味的工作让我打瞌睡。