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

• The menial promise, I promise a world heart.
  那卑微的承诺、许我了一世的心碎。
• You will never arrive at the state in life where you're too important to help with menial tasks.
  你的生命绝不会了不起到不需要做小事来使你成长了。
• Women performed only the most menial tasks, such as cleaning up the mess in the studio.
  女子仅完成一些最琐碎的任务，比如清理工作室的卫生。
• Many nurses complain that they are given menial tasks which make little use of their skills.
  许多护士抱怨说他们总被分配做卑贱的工作，而他们的技能几乎派不上用场。
• Maintain a positive attitude, even when you're doing menial tasks.
  即使做得都是小事也要保持积极的心态。
• 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。
• Develop a real passion for your job, no matter how menial and trivial it seems to be.
  培养对工作的热情，不管这份工作看起来有多么枯燥、琐碎。
• Although young people are sometimes attracted by the gang's power, they are unlikely to be recruited for anything more than menial tasks, the report added.
  年轻人虽然有时会被帮派的权力所吸引，但他们不太可能会被招募从事重要的任务，报告补充说。
• It delighted him to perform menial offices.
  履行仆人的职责使他心花怒放。
• 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。