menial

adj.

1. 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

1. 仆人；用人
   a person with a menial job

1. ADJ-GRADED （工作）枯燥的,低级的，报酬低的
   Menial work 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

1. 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。
2. This included being given menial tasks or jobs other people didn't want to do and being overlooked for promotion.
   这些严苛对待包括被指派去做一些下等的工作或者别人不愿意去做的工作，还包括在升职中被忽略等。
3. 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。
4. They run in the rain. They smile through the most menial tasks.
   他们可在暴雨中奔跑，也能微笑面对最卑微的工作。
5. 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。
6. Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all in.
   回顾我的第一份工作，即便我被要求去做一些看似很卑微、单调或者非常困难的事情时，我也会全力以赴。
7. The menial promise, I promise a world heart.
   那卑微的承诺、许我了一世的心碎。
8. 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。
9. It delighted him to perform menial offices.
   履行仆人的职责使他心花怒放。
10. Using robots for menial work fits that strategy.
    使用机器人从事繁重低级的工作符合这一战略。
11. I think he is far too qualified for such a menial position.
    我觉得让他来做这样低贱的工作实在是太可惜了。
12. But there is absolutely no social stigma in doing one's own daily chores, no matter how menial.
    但是做这些家庭琐事，无论有多卑微，绝对不会受到任何社会的鄙视。
13. I was made to do a good deal of menial work.
    我被迫去做许多低下的工作。
14. But a new programme was launched after critics said menial work humiliated employees without improving their attitude.
    但有人认为这种做法不仅无法改进职员的工作态度，而且会侮辱他们的人格，所以今年的做法有所改进。
15. Many nurses find themselves given menial tasks, such as making beds and washing patients, which make little use of their skills.
    许多护士发现给她们的是些卑微的工作，比如铺床、给病人洗澡，这些工作几乎没有用上她们的技能。
16. Before Fu Yue became a prime minister, he was a slave doing menial work.
    这傅说在当宰相之前，就是一名做苦役的奴隶。
17. Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree.
    许多毕业生甚至在做不需要学位的仆人的话。仆人的话是属于低技术的活，因此。
18. A kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks ( especially washing).
    一个被雇用来做仆人事务（尤其指洗刷）的厨房帮手。
19. 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。
20. She hated such menial tasks as washing the pots and pans.
    她憎恶洗锅擦盘之类低贱的工作。
21. 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。
22. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
    被迫作繁琐的工作的劳工。
23. There is no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.
    没有枯燥的工作，只有枯燥的态度。
24. 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。
25. He has a menial or temporary job.
    有一份佣人的工作或是临时的工作。
26. He performed the menial chore of shining shoes.
    他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。
27. 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。
28. They are "bound" to the family of the house, which means they do all manner of menial tasks for them until they die.
    它们受住在房子里的家庭的约束，也就是说它们为他们做尽一切不体面的工作，直到它们死去。
29. Menial chores like dusting and washing up.
    擦桌子、洗碗这类仆人做的杂务。
30. Although they usually take up menial jobs such as milk or newspaper delivery, their work is an important part of urban life.
    尽管他们从事的是卑微的工作，比如送奶员、送报员等，但他们的工作是城市生活重要的一部分。

noun

1. a domestic servant

adj

1. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

   Synonym:    humblelowly