| 单词 | drudgery |
| 释义 | drudgery noun[U] uk/ˈdrʌdʒ.ər.i/us/ˈdrʌdʒ.ɚ.i/hardboringwork: 辛苦乏味的工作the drudgery ofhousework繁重乏味的家务 Synonym grind Work, working and the workplace
drudgery| American Dictionarydrudgery noun[U] us/ˈdrʌdʒ·ə·ri/hard,boringwork: Cleaning theovenissheerdrudgery. Examplesofdrudgerydrudgery Other factors influenced this development, including the desire of wealthy households to avoiddrudgeryand engage in conspicuous consumption. From theCambridge English Corpus They call on a matter of fact directness that seeks only to remove manualdrudgery. From theCambridge English Corpus They could not enforcedrudgery, or condemn me on account of my color to a life of servitude. From theCambridge English Corpus Machines like the modern combine harvester mean that much of the dust, dirt anddrudgeryof earlier farm work has gone. From theCambridge English Corpus Alternatively, she may see household management asdrudgerywhich, she hopes, will be diluted by her husband's help after retirement. From theCambridge English Corpus Our point here is that this relates squarely to the ontology problem, and there is muchdrudgeryto address the legacy software integration problem. From theCambridge English Corpus Freelancers wanted to escapedrudgeryand concentrate on assignments they chose. From theCambridge English Corpus Women may have found in such extra-marital relationships a degree of solace and escape from everydaydrudgery. From theCambridge English Corpus However, as the number of actions or records increases, such direct manipulation quickly becomes a repetitivedrudgery. From theCambridge English Corpus Women from poor farming households provide unpaid labour and suffer thedrudgeryof hand weeding to obtain higher yields. From theCambridge English Corpus The key issue of note here is that there is much unavoidabledrudgeryinvolved in solving the information discovery problem today. From theCambridge English Corpus Some people exaggerated thedrudgeryof their lives, expecting that outside supporters should resolve every problem. From theCambridge English Corpus The "drudgeryand sordid everlasting cares" (13) of a meagre household and their courtship are shadowed by concerns that they must "learn to be economical" (44). From theCambridge English Corpus Rassundari's happy assessment of her life as a wife and a householder has to be read with her description of back-breakingdrudgerywhich was a central feature of that life. From theCambridge English Corpus Is it fair to the dairy farmer to expect him to go on, doomed to a life ofdrudgerywith such small financial reward? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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