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

The creative spark that had been buried under dishes, diapers and drudgery now flamed into life.
一直埋没于杯盘碟子，尿布和杂务之间的创作火花现在迸发出生命之光。
Why do humans choose to live off of one another enslaving others to drudgery so that one can be "privileged"?
为什么人类选择了依靠彼此奴役他人做苦工而使某些人成为特权者来生活？
He was facing a life of toil and drudgery and vexation.
摆在他面前的是终身的苦役和折磨。
I suffer through drudgery every day.
每天我都在服苦役。
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。
Many caregivers told me that their experience was dissolving, through simple drudgery, their fear of death.
许多照顾者们告诉我，通过简单的劳累，他们的经历正在消除他们对死亡的恐惧。
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。
Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。
If something is drudgery, I either drop it or find a way to make it play.
如果当某件事情变成苦差，我会放弃做这件事情或找一些方法让它变成娱乐。
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams.
即使社会上充满了虚伪，劳苦与碎梦。