chore

noun

1. 日常事务；例行工作
   a task that you do regularly
   1. doing the household/domestic chores
      干家务杂活
2. 令人厌烦的任务；乏味无聊的工作
   an unpleasant or boring task
   1. Shopping's a real chore for me.
      对我来说，购物真是件苦差事。

1. N-COUNT 杂务;琐事
   A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
   1. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore...
      她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。
   2. Making pasta by hand with a rolling pin can be a real chore.
      用擀面杖擀意大利面会是个非常枯燥乏味的活儿。
2. N-COUNT 家务活;家庭琐事
   Chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home.
   1. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores.
      我和丈夫都出去工作，所以我们家务活分摊。

1. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore
   她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。
2. Making pasta by hand with a rolling pin can be a real chore.
   用擀面杖擀意大利面会是个非常枯燥乏味的活儿。
3. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores.
   我和丈夫都出去工作，所以我们家务活分摊。
4. Fortunately, the chore of leaf sweeping is well worth the effort.
   幸运的是，干清扫落叶这个活儿是值得的。
5. It was a methodical, unexciting chore.
   那是一份按部就班、枯燥乏味的无聊差事。
6. Swapping variables is something of a daily chore in every programmer's life.
   交换变量是在每个编程人员的生活中每天都要做的事。
7. Besides, the chore of gathering data for someone else can feel demeaning, even counterproductive.
   除此之外，为其他人收集数据的杂活会让人觉得贬低身份，甚至起反作用。
8. This can be a bit of a chore, but it's easy to learn.
   这可能有点烦琐，但是很容易学。
9. If you do this on a regular basis, it does not become a dreaded holiday chore.
   如果你按时更新的话，这就不会成为恐怖的假期杂事了。
10. For some it was fun; for me it was always going to be a chore.
    对有些人来说，这是乐趣，对我来说，这永远是一份苦差。
11. Its surprising how much better you can feel after getting a long-standing chore off your to-do list.
    把堆积已久的杂事从你的必做清单上清楚掉，那种感觉会好到让你自己都惊讶。
12. Finish five work tasks before you do a household chore.
    整理家务之前完成五个工作任务。
13. The chore fell to him.
    这项家务活落到了他头上。
14. I find writing reports a real chore.
    我发现写报告真的很讨厌。
15. Studying the seismic activity has become a daily chore and there is one thing that I do not understand.
    研究地震活动已成为日常琐事，有一件事情我不明白。
16. Shopping's a real chore for me.
    对我来说，购物真是件苦差事。
17. If I'm finding this the sad chore.
    如果我觉得这是个，没有愉悦的过程。
18. My husband likes it done every day, so he gets stuck with that little chore.
    而我丈夫喜欢每天洗衣服，所以他就固定负责洗衣服这一家务。
19. He performed the menial chore of shining shoes.
    他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。
20. How to recognize it: Sex has become just another chore to check off your to-do list.
    识别方法：性已成为仅仅是待办事项上另一个要完成的琐事。
21. A chore you didn't do nags at you.
    一个你过去未做的家务杂事现在来挑剔打扰你。
22. Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers.
    被法官或父母或老师从家务杂事中给予轻微的处罚。
23. Because most toddlers can't blow their own noses, the constant wiping and suctioning can be a chore.
    因为大多数小孩都不能自己擤鼻涕，不断地擦拭和吸入可是件苦差事。
24. Are you passionate about your work or is it a chore?
    你对你的工作是否充满激情还是工作是你的负担？
25. Do you enjoy coking or do you just see it as a chore?
    你是喜爱烹饪还是只把它视为烦琐的家务事？
26. Nero: Then I'll leave that chore to you.
    那我把这些烦人的事就留给你了。
27. It's just that people are finding it so much more of a chore these days.
    但我并不认为购物逛街就从此不再时兴了。只是人们在慢慢地发觉，购物在今天更像是一种家务活。
28. So how should we share the chore?
    那么我们应如何分担这份差事呢？
29. Thank him for taking out the garbage, even if it is his only chore.
    感谢他去倒垃圾，即使这是他做的唯一家务。

noun

1. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
   1. estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
   2. the job of repairing the engine took several hours
   3. the endless task of classifying the samples
   4. the farmer's morning chores

   Synonym:    jobtask