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。
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。
Why do humans choose to live off of one another enslaving others to drudgery so that one can be "privileged"?
为什么人类选择了依靠彼此奴役他人做苦工而使某些人成为特权者来生活？
Are you in love with this drudgery?
你这么喜欢这份苦差事吗？
I suffer through drudgery every day.
每天我都在服苦役。
In other cases, the wider use of simple machines could reduce drudgery and improve efficiency.
在其他情况下，更广泛地使用简单机械可以减少单调的苦工并改善效率。
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。
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。
In so doing, it removes the drudgery from JDBC programming so that you can focus on queries and their results.
这么做之后，就消除了JDBC编程的繁琐，从而使您可以把注意力放在查询和查询结果上。
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。