menial
英 [ˈmiːniəl]
美 [ˈmiːniəl]
adj. 不需技巧的; 枯燥的; 报酬低的
n. 仆人; 用人
复数:menials
BNC.19547 / COCA.18694
牛津词典
adj.
- 不需技巧的;枯燥的;报酬低的
not skilled or important, and often boring or badly paid- menial jobs/work
枯燥的工作 - menial tasks like cleaning the floor
擦地板这种琐碎的工作
- menial jobs/work
noun
- 仆人;用人
a person with a menial job
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (工作)枯燥的,低级的,报酬低的
Menialwork is very boring, and the people who do it have a low status and are usually badly paid.- ...low paid menial jobs, such as cleaning and domestic work.
诸如打扫卫生和干家务之类工钱少又低贱的工作
- ...low paid menial jobs, such as cleaning and domestic work.
英英释义
noun
- a domestic servant
adj
双语例句
- He performed the menial chore of shining shoes.
他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。 - Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree.
许多毕业生甚至在做不需要学位的仆人的话。仆人的话是属于低技术的活,因此。 - After three years of menial jobs in the women's weightlifting team's kitchen, she was asked to leave.
在举重队厨房干了三年多的粗活后,她被要求离开。 - Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all in.
回顾我的第一份工作,即便我被要求去做一些看似很卑微、单调或者非常困难的事情时,我也会全力以赴。 - He was given the menial job of operating the office Photocopying machine.
他被给予一份操作复印机的乏味的工作。 - Although they usually take up menial jobs such as milk or newspaper delivery, their work is an important part of urban life.
尽管他们从事的是卑微的工作,比如送奶员、送报员等,但他们的工作是城市生活重要的一部分。 - A kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks ( especially washing).
一个被雇用来做仆人事务(尤其指洗刷)的厨房帮手。 - Before Fu Yue became a prime minister, he was a slave doing menial work.
这傅说在当宰相之前,就是一名做苦役的奴隶。 - They run in the rain. They smile through the most menial tasks.
他们可在暴雨中奔跑,也能微笑面对最卑微的工作。 - But there is absolutely no social stigma in doing one's own daily chores, no matter how menial.
但是做这些家庭琐事,无论有多卑微,绝对不会受到任何社会的鄙视。