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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I suffer through drudgery every day.
  每天我都在服苦役。
• In so doing, it removes the drudgery from JDBC programming so that you can focus on queries and their results.
  这么做之后，就消除了JDBC编程的繁琐，从而使您可以把注意力放在查询和查询结果上。
• With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams.
  即使社会上充满了虚伪，劳苦与碎梦。
• Boredom and drudgery are evil.
  无聊而单调的工作是有害的。
• Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
  洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。
• 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。