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

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。
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。
This drudgery makes me drowsy.
这乏味的工作让我打瞌睡。
I suffer through drudgery every day.
每天我都在服苦役。
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。
A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。
To promote the development of the development zone, and a staff members have more drudgery and refine system, a vigil for more than a year, hard work, and achieved great success.
为推动开发区的发展，他和开发区干部职工一道，熬更守夜苦干，细化制度，勤奋工作，一年多来，成绩斐然。
Are you in love with this drudgery?
你这么喜欢这份苦差事吗？
If something is drudgery, I either drop it or find a way to make it play.
如果当某件事情变成苦差，我会放弃做这件事情或找一些方法让它变成娱乐。
Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。