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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

      双语例句

      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • Are you in love with this drudgery?
        你这么喜欢这份苦差事吗?
      • Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
        洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。