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

Were it for work and drudgery it would be endlessly long.
若是为工作和劳役，生命就变得无尽的漫长。
He spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery.
他的一生都在做毫无意义的烦人的苦差事。
All it takes is a roof, a gutter and a tank to lift the poor out of drudgery.
让穷人摆脱苦工只需要一个屋顶、一个檐槽和一个水箱。
Boredom and drudgery are evil.
无聊而单调的工作是有害的。
Are you in love with this drudgery?
你这么喜欢这份苦差事吗？
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。
The bad news is that it will probably not be able to free my colleagues or me entirely from the drudgery of working for a living.
坏消息是它无法将我和我的同行们从努力工作以求生计的苦海中解脱出来。
Every day feels like drudgery; doing the same old thing again and again and again.
每天都觉得在做份苦差事，一次又一次地做着一件相同的事。
I suffer through drudgery every day.
每天我都在服苦役。
A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.
老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。