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
- If something is drudgery, I either drop it or find a way to make it play.
如果当某件事情变成苦差，我会放弃做这件事情或找一些方法让它变成娱乐。 - 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。 - Why do humans choose to live off of one another enslaving others to drudgery so that one can be "privileged"?
为什么人类选择了依靠彼此奴役他人做苦工而使某些人成为特权者来生活？ - 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。 - 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。 - A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。 - This drudgery makes me drowsy.
这乏味的工作让我打瞌睡。 - 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。 - 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。 - With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams.
即使社会上充满了虚伪，劳苦与碎梦。