Drudgery
['drʌdʒərɪ] or ['drʌdʒəri]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Hard or toilsome work, ignoble toil, mean labor.
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例句/造句/用法:
- And I should never succeed in anything by dint of drudgery. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The extreme form of this subordination, namely drudgery, offers a clew. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It is now possible, by means of electric appliances, practically to eliminate all drudgery from housework. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- She hated needle-drudgery herself, and she would bring her hose, &c. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It is a picture of hopeless drudgery and blank ignorance. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- We have already laid stress on the vast elimination of drudgery from human life through the creation of a new race of slaves, the machines. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And even for the individual worker, the convenient appliances and helps that have been invented have greatly relieved the occupation of pain and drudgery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Every suggestion which turns work from a drudgery to a craft is worth our deepest interest. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- George was taken home, and put to the meanest drudgery of the farm. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He would not drop the work, and while highly appreciative of the proposed honor, let it go by rather than quit for a week or two the stern drudgery of probing for the fact and the truth. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I glanced towards the centre of the room, where Miss Jellyby's lover, now engaged with single pupils, was undergoing greater drudgery than ever. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- This machine is said to be the final step in relieving bookkeeping of its drudgery. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- But the drudgery and monotony of this work would not down in his mind. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Drudgery of Ancient Times Relieved by Modern Inventions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- But these solemn lessons which succeeded those, I remember as the death-blow of my peace, and a grievous daily drudgery and misery. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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