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

• He performed the menial chore of shining shoes.
  他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。
• Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree.
  许多毕业生甚至在做不需要学位的仆人的话。仆人的话是属于低技术的活，因此。
• 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。
• But a new programme was launched after critics said menial work humiliated employees without improving their attitude.
  但有人认为这种做法不仅无法改进职员的工作态度，而且会侮辱他们的人格，所以今年的做法有所改进。
• He was given the menial job of operating the office Photocopying machine.
  他被给予一份操作复印机的乏味的工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It delighted him to perform menial offices.
  履行仆人的职责使他心花怒放。
• They run in the rain. They smile through the most menial tasks.
  他们可在暴雨中奔跑，也能微笑面对最卑微的工作。