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

Boredom and drudgery are evil.
无聊而单调的工作是有害的。
Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。
Electronic information retrieval will remove much of the drudgery of research and leave time for the more interesting.
电子寻找信息能解除研究中大量辛苦乏味的工作，省下时间做更为有趣的事。
He was facing a life of toil and drudgery and vexation.
摆在他面前的是终身的苦役和折磨。
I suffer through drudgery every day.
每天我都在服苦役。
Are you in love with this drudgery?
你这么喜欢这份苦差事吗？
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。
We cannot hope for cheap food, but we can improve skills, boost productivity, reduce drudgery and enhance people's quality of life.
我们不能把希望放在廉价食品上，但是我们可以改善技能，促进生产力，减少单调的苦工，并提高人们的生活质量。
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。
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。