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
- Menial chores like dusting and washing up.
擦桌子、洗碗这类仆人做的杂务。 - They are "bound" to the family of the house, which means they do all manner of menial tasks for them until they die.
它们受住在房子里的家庭的约束,也就是说它们为他们做尽一切不体面的工作,直到它们死去。 - Develop a real passion for your job, no matter how menial and trivial it seems to be.
培养对工作的热情,不管这份工作看起来有多么枯燥、琐碎。 - Although young people are sometimes attracted by the gang's power, they are unlikely to be recruited for anything more than menial tasks, the report added.
年轻人虽然有时会被帮派的权力所吸引,但他们不太可能会被招募从事重要的任务,报告补充说。 - But a new programme was launched after critics said menial work humiliated employees without improving their attitude.
但有人认为这种做法不仅无法改进职员的工作态度,而且会侮辱他们的人格,所以今年的做法有所改进。 - Women performed only the most menial tasks, such as cleaning up the mess in the studio.
女子仅完成一些最琐碎的任务,比如清理工作室的卫生。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。