menial

US [ˈminiəl]
UK [ˈmiːniəl]
  • adj.不需技巧的；枯燥的；报酬低的
  • n.仆人；佣人
  • Web仆人的；卑贱的；卑微的
Plural Form：menials  

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menial
adj.
1.
不需技巧的；枯燥的；报酬低的not skilled or important, and often boring or badly paid
menial jobs/work
枯燥的工作
menial tasks like cleaning the floor
擦地板这种琐碎的工作
n.
1.
仆人；佣人a person with a menial job

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1.
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。
zài jǔ zhòng duì chú fáng gàn le sān nián duō de cū huó hòu , tā bèi yāo qiú lí kāi 。
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2.
Kurt: Oh, that was a mind-numbing position. I did menial work all day and I burned out in six months.
哎，那是个很无趣的工作。一天到晚都在做体力活，做了六个月就不干了。
āi , nà shì gè hěn wú qù de gōng zuò 。 yì tiān dào wǎn dōu zài zuò tǐ lì huó , zuò le liù gè yuè jiù bú gàn le 。
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3.
Denisov took Tihon from his menial work, and began to employ him on expeditions, and to reckon him among the Cossacks .
杰尼索夫免去了他干杂活，外出侦察敌情时就把他带在身边，并把他编入哥萨克队伍。
jié ní suǒ fū miǎn qù le tā gān zá huó , wài chū zhēn chá dí qíng shí jiù bǎ tā dài zài shēn biān , bìng bǎ tā biān rù gē sà kè duì wu 。
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He draws from a past of menial jobs and financial hardships that shaped much of his early work, as well as a mistrust in authority.
他从过去的粗活和经济困难，形许多他早期的工作，以及作为一个权威的不信任。
tā cóng guò qù de cū huó hé jīng jì kùn nan , xíng xǔ duō tā zǎo qī de gōng zuò , yǐ jí zuò wéi yī gè quán wēi de bù xìn rèn 。
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5.
The very poorest, who slip under the minimum-wage threshold to take the most menial and casual jobs, earn less than $200 a year.
而对于那些连最低工资都拿不到的穷人来讲，他们只能为别人做佣人或作一些杂活而一年挣得200美元。
ér duì yú nà xiē lián zuì dī gōng zī dōu ná bù dào de qióng rén lái jiǎng , tā men zhǐ néng wèi bié rén zuò yōng rén huò zuò yì xiē zá huó ér yī nián zhèng de èr bǎi měi yuán 。
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6.
Just a generation ago, women were largely confined to repetitive, menial jobs.
就在上一代人，女性被限制于主要从事重复生产、仆人工作。
jiù zài shàng yí dài rén , nǚ xìng bèi xiàn zhì yú zhǔ yào cóng shì chóng fù shēng chǎn 、 pú rén gōng zuò 。
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Like a monk who found God by doing his menial chores with painstaking care, Allen has found meaning in the dullest tasks of our busy lives.
正如僧侣在辛勤地处理日常琐事的过程中发现了神的旨意，艾伦正是从我们日常最单调乏味的生活、工作中发现了人生的真意。
zhèng rú sēng lǚ zài xīn qín de chǔ lǐ rì cháng suǒ shì de guò chéng zhōng fā xiàn le shén de zhǐ yì , ài lún zhèng shì cóng wǒ men rì cháng zuì dān diào fá wèi de shēng huó 、 gōng zuò zhōng fā xiàn le rén shēng de zhēn yì 。
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8.
Many educated people they are nothing but unwilling to do "menial" work.
而许多学历高的人却都不愿意做“低贱”的工作。
ér xǔ duō xué lì gāo de rén què dōu bù yuàn yì zuò " dī jiàn " de gōng zuò 。
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In lucky Luxembourg hardly any graduates end up in menial jobs.
在幸运的卢森堡，几乎没有大学毕业生从事体力劳动。
zài xìng yùn de lú sēn bǎo , jī hū méi yǒu dà xué bì yè shēng cóng shì tǐ lì láo dòng 。
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Initially a service droid designed to carry out menial household tasks, Andrew is purchased by a wealthy family man played by Sam Neil.
最初，安德鲁只是一部家用服务型机器人，一个富裕的家庭将其买来从事琐碎的家务。
zuì chū , ān dé lǔ zhǐ shì yī bù jiā yòng fú wù xíng jī qì rén , yī gè fù yù de jiā tíng jiāng qí mǎi lái cóng shì suǒ suì de jiā wù 。
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