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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many nurses find themselves given menial tasks, such as making beds and washing patients, which make little use of their skills.
  许多护士发现给她们的是些卑微的工作，比如铺床、给病人洗澡，这些工作几乎没有用上她们的技能。
• This included being given menial tasks or jobs other people didn't want to do and being overlooked for promotion.
  这些严苛对待包括被指派去做一些下等的工作或者别人不愿意去做的工作，还包括在升职中被忽略等。
• She hated such menial tasks as washing the pots and pans.
  她憎恶洗锅擦盘之类低贱的工作。
• 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。
• A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
  被迫作繁琐的工作的劳工。
• 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。
• Menial chores like dusting and washing up.
  擦桌子、洗碗这类仆人做的杂务。