英语词典

menial的意思

menial


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  • adj.不需技巧的;枯燥的;报酬低的
  • n.仆人;佣人
  • 网络仆人的;卑贱的;卑微的

组合搭配

  • adj.+n.menial work

近义词

    adj.unskilled,boring,tedious,basic,lowly

反义词

    adj.skilled

权威英汉双解

    menial jobs/work

    枯燥的工作

    menial tasks like cleaning the floor

    擦地板这种琐碎的工作

英汉释义

  • adj.

    1.奴性的,卑下的;奴仆的,仆人的

  • n.

    1.奴仆;卑下[奴性]的人

英英释义

  • adj.

    1.menial work is boring or dirty and is considered to be of low status

英汉例句

  • 1.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。

  • 2.Kurt: Oh, that was a mind-numbing position. I did menial work all day and I burned out in six months.

    哎,那是个很无趣的工作。一天到晚都在做体力活,做了六个月就不干了。

  • 3.Denisov took Tihon from his menial work, and began to employ him on expeditions, and to reckon him among the Cossacks .

    杰尼索夫免去了他干杂活,外出侦察敌情时就把他带在身边,并把他编入哥萨克队伍。

  • 4.He draws from a past of menial jobs and financial hardships that shaped much of his early work, as well as a mistrust in authority.

    他从过去的粗活和经济困难,形许多他早期的工作,以及作为一个权威的不信任。

  • 5.The very poorest, who slip under the minimum-wage threshold to take the most menial and casual jobs, earn less than $200 a year.

    而对于那些连最低工资都拿不到的穷人来讲,他们只能为别人做佣人或作一些杂活而一年挣得200美元。

  • 6.Just a generation ago, women were largely confined to repetitive, menial jobs.

    就在上一代人,女性被限制于主要从事重复生产、仆人工作。

  • 7.Like a monk who found God by doing his menial chores with painstaking care, Allen has found meaning in the dullest tasks of our busy lives.

    正如僧侣在辛勤地处理日常琐事的过程中发现了神的旨意,艾伦正是从我们日常最单调乏味的生活、工作中发现了人生的真意。

  • 8.In the star- studded team, he would like a blue-collar effort, unknown to doing some stupid and menial living.

    在大腕云集的球队中,他像一个只会出力的蓝领,默默无闻地做着一些粗活和笨活。

  • 9.Many educated people they are nothing but unwilling to do "menial" work.

    而许多学历高的人却都不愿意做“低贱”的工作。

  • 10.In lucky Luxembourg hardly any graduates end up in menial jobs.

    在幸运的卢森堡,几乎没有大学毕业生从事体力劳动。

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