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

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams.
即使社会上充满了虚伪，劳苦与碎梦。
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。
A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。
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。
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。
Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。
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。
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。
This drudgery makes me drowsy.
这乏味的工作让我打瞌睡。
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。