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

• 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。
• Electronic information retrieval will remove much of the drudgery of research and leave time for the more interesting.
  电子寻找信息能解除研究中大量辛苦乏味的工作，省下时间做更为有趣的事。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• This drudgery makes me drowsy.
  这乏味的工作让我打瞌睡。
• 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。
• 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。
• Boredom and drudgery are evil.
  无聊而单调的工作是有害的。
• 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。