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
- 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。 - 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。 - Electronic information retrieval will remove much of the drudgery of research and leave time for the more interesting.
电子寻找信息能解除研究中大量辛苦乏味的工作，省下时间做更为有趣的事。 - 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。 - He spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery.
他的一生都在做毫无意义的烦人的苦差事。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - Automating processes can remove unnecessary drudgery, but should never be a way of escaping due diligence.
自动备份过程能够去除不必要的枯燥工作，但是不应因此而变得懒惰。