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

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。

noun

It has also substantially reduced both our own drudgery and our dependence on that of others.
它还明显减少了我们自己的繁琐劳动，以及我们对其他人劳动的依赖。
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。
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。
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。
Every day feels like drudgery; doing the same old thing again and again and again.
每天都觉得在做份苦差事，一次又一次地做着一件相同的事。
Boredom and drudgery are evil.
无聊而单调的工作是有害的。
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。
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。
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。
This drudgery makes me drowsy.
这乏味的工作让我打瞌睡。