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

I thought feminism was about liberating women from enforced domestic and maternal drudgery.
我想妇女运动目的是使妇女从家庭及做母亲的辛劳中解放出来。
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。
Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。
The drudgery of your actions shall cast a net within which you shall be trapped.
你们的行动的苦工将投下一张网，你们会被困在其中。
This drudgery makes me drowsy.
这乏味的工作让我打瞌睡。
A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。
The authors offer useful tips to take the drudgery out of eating and living right.
本书提供的有用建议使得遵循正确的饮食和生活之道不再是件苦差事。
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。
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。
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。