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

• 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。
• Many nurses complain that they are given menial tasks which make little use of their skills.
  许多护士抱怨说他们总被分配做卑贱的工作，而他们的技能几乎派不上用场。
• Women performed only the most menial tasks, such as cleaning up the mess in the studio.
  女子仅完成一些最琐碎的任务，比如清理工作室的卫生。
• I was made to do a good deal of menial work.
  我被迫去做许多低下的工作。
• Maintain a positive attitude, even when you're doing menial tasks.
  即使做得都是小事也要保持积极的心态。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are "bound" to the family of the house, which means they do all manner of menial tasks for them until they die.
  它们受住在房子里的家庭的约束，也就是说它们为他们做尽一切不体面的工作，直到它们死去。