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

• To promote the development of the development zone, and a staff members have more drudgery and refine system, a vigil for more than a year, hard work, and achieved great success.
  为推动开发区的发展，他和开发区干部职工一道，熬更守夜苦干，细化制度，勤奋工作，一年多来，成绩斐然。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I suffer through drudgery every day.
  每天我都在服苦役。
• 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。
• A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
  老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。
• 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。
• Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
  洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。