grunt work
noun[U]
informaluk/ˈɡrʌnt ˌwɜːk/us/ˈɡrʌnt ˌwɝːk/thebasic, hardwork, oftenphysicalorboringwork, that isnecessaryfor something tosucceed:
(为了成功必须经历的)单调乏味的苦差事As anapprentice, youstartout doing a lot of thegruntwork.作为一个学徒,一开始的时候你需要做很多单调乏味的苦差事。
Acomputercanhandlethemathematicalgruntwork.计算机可以处理这些单调乏味的数学工作。
Work, working and the workplace
- act assomething
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- grind
- hoop
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- in the line of dutyidiom
- induction
- industry
- job
- moonlight
- slave
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- subtask
- sweat