menial

美音：['miniəl] 英音：['miːniəl]

简单释义：

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

变形：

复数：menials

完整释义：

adj.

1.奴性的,卑下的;奴仆的,仆人的
2.低贱的

1.奴仆;卑下[奴性]的人

例句：

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。
There came a light tap at the library door - and, pale as the tenant of a tomb, a menial entered upon tiptoe.
随着一声轻轻的敲门声，一个脸色煞白的仆人踮着脚尖进了我的书房。
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。
But the menial office job she landed was soon abandoned, because her father Jack, a bank officer, felt it was beneath the family.
但是在做了办公室粗活工作之后没多久，她就变得自甘堕落了，因为她父亲杰克，这个银行官员，认为这工作是丢了家族的脸。
The underclass comprised very poor individuals who worked inconsistently, if at all, in the most menial jobs.
下层阶级包括非常穷困的人，他们偶尔才有工作，而且即使有，也是最卑贱的工作。
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。
The superior and subordinate Agents adopted the master-menial cooperation.
上下级的CA间采用主从协作。
In 1928, he moved to Paris where lack of success as a writer forced him into a series of menial jobs.
1928年，他前往巴黎，在那里，奥威尔是一名不得志的作家，这逼迫他从事一系列卑贱的工作。

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