drudgery

英 [ˈdrʌdʒəri]

美 [ˈdrʌdʒəri]

n.  单调乏味的苦差事; 繁重无聊的工作

复数：drudgeries　

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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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• hard monotonous routine work
  Synonym:ploddinggrinddonkeywork

双语例句

• I suffer through drudgery every day.
  每天我都在服苦役。
• 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。
• Gone will be the drudgery and drag of life as you know it, and if you have any concept of what paradise is like you may have just an impression of what it is like.
  你们所知道的单调沉闷的工作和被生活拖着走将一去不复返，如果你们对天堂是什么样子有概念的话，关于它像什么你们可能有一点点印象。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams.
  即使社会上充满了虚伪，劳苦与碎梦。
• 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。