menial

menial音标

英 [ˈmi:niəl]

美 [ˈminiəl, ˈminjəl]

menial基本释义

adj.适合仆人做的；卑微的

n.佣人；家仆；卑贱的人

menial用法及例句

noun

1. a domestic servant

adj

1. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Synonym: humblelowly

1. （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.

e.g. ...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. 卑微的：menhir 纪念巨碑 | menial 卑微的 | meningeal 脑膜的

2. (指工作)适合仆人做的; 非技术性的：epsilon n.希腊语字母之第五字 | menial (指工作)适合仆人做的; 非技术性的: | dread n.恐惧, 恐怖, 可怕的人(或物), 畏惧v.惧怕, 担心

3. 低贱的：mediocre#平庸的 | menial#低贱的 | mincing#矫饰的

4. 卑贱的：mendi 修理 mend | menia 卑贱的 menial | menopawzo 更年期 menopause

His nature was so menial that he was unhappy without dust-pan and brush.

出自：S. Spender

He could hardly ask her to do such menial work.

出自：B. Pym

近义词

临近词

low低的

helper助手

tedious单调乏味的

humble谦逊的

servile屈从的

servant仆人

basic基本的

unskilled不熟练的

satellite卫星；人造卫星...

lowly地位低的

dogsbody杂役

slave奴隶

boring令人厌烦的

dependent依靠的

menially

meningitis

Mendel

menial jobs/work

Menial health

menial jobs

menial discarders

相关列句

Others find work as cleaners. Menial jobs are always available.(另外一些人则是清洁工，这些卑微的工作总是能找到的。)

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*单调乏味的生活、工作中发现了人生的真意。)

Robots have been doing menial jobs on production lines since the 1960s.(从上世纪60年代起，机器人就开始在工厂的生产线上从事卑微的工作。)

They're present for team practices and weightlifting sessions as well as participating in more menial activities such as laundry duty.(在球员们练习和在举重时都必须在场，他们还得干一些很卑微的杂事，例如给球员们洗衣服。)

And that's really the biggest problem with seeing work as menial labor.(把工作视为一种下等劳动是一个很严重的问题。)

By studying photographs, true artists, he claimed, would be relieved of menial tasks and become free to devote themselves to the more important spiritual aspects of their work.(他声称，通过研究照片，真正的艺术家能从技术含量较低的工作中解脱，自由地投身于他们工作中更重要的精神层面。)

But pessimists reckon that having the best and brightest working abroad, often in menial jobs, is a dreadful loss.(但悲观者却认为*好、*有前途的人都在国外工作，多数人都从事着不体面的工作，这是可怕的浪费。)

Just a generation ago, women were largely confined to repetitive, menial jobs.(就在上一代人，女性被限制于主要从事重复生产、仆人工作。)

Able to receive menial Labour instruction and to do menial jobs.(愿意接受服务指导和从事服务工作。)

In 1975, Obama Sr. secured his final job: a menial finance position usually reserved for recent college grads.(1975年老奥巴马获得了*后一份工作——寒碜的财务职位，通常这样的职位是留给大学毕业生的。)