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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 

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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
      1. menial jobs/work
        枯燥的工作
      2. menial tasks like cleaning the floor
        擦地板这种琐碎的工作

    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.
        1. ...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

      英英释义

      noun

      • a domestic servant

        adj

        • used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
            Synonym:humblelowly

          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。