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

• A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
  被迫作繁琐的工作的劳工。
• 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。
• But there is absolutely no social stigma in doing one's own daily chores, no matter how menial.
  但是做这些家庭琐事，无论有多卑微，绝对不会受到任何社会的鄙视。
• Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all in.
  回顾我的第一份工作，即便我被要求去做一些看似很卑微、单调或者非常困难的事情时，我也会全力以赴。
• Menial chores like dusting and washing up.
  擦桌子、洗碗这类仆人做的杂务。
• He has a menial or temporary job.
  有一份佣人的工作或是临时的工作。
• He performed the menial chore of shining shoes.
  他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。
• Although they usually take up menial jobs such as milk or newspaper delivery, their work is an important part of urban life.
  尽管他们从事的是卑微的工作，比如送奶员、送报员等，但他们的工作是城市生活重要的一部分。
• 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。
• 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。