menial

menial怎么读

英式音标：[ˈmi:niəl]

美式音标：[ˈminiəl, ˈminjəl]

menial基本解释

adj. 卑微的；仆人的；适合仆人做的

n. 仆人；住家佣工；下贱的人

menial的意思释义

adj.

（指工作）卑贱的，不体面的；

n.

（干粗活的）家仆；

变形

复数：menials

英英释义

n.a domestic servant

同义词：dogsbody

adj.used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

同义词：humblelowly

menial用法及例句

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

he performed the menial chore of shining shoes.

他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

没有卑贱的工作,只有卑贱的态度。

用作名词(n.)

There is a positive attitude here, from the boss down to the lowliest menial.

在这里上至老板下至较低微的下人，都有很积极的态度。

例句参考

The menial and the sublime

The menial and the sublime.

Spiritual and Menial Housework

There is no such thing as a menial task in nursing.

The Menial Art of Cooking: Archaeological Studies of Cooking and Food Preparation

Post-partum menial disorder in an unselected sample. The influence of pamy

Blocking Causal Drainage and Other Maintenance Chores with Menial Causation

Supravalvular aortic stenosis associated with menial retardation and characteristic faces

‘It is their nature to do menial labour’: the racialization of ‘Latino/a workers’ by agricultural employers

menial词源

menial (adj.)

late 14c., \"pertaining to a household,\" from Anglo-French meignial, from Old French mesnie \"household,\" earlier mesnede, from Vulgar Latin *mansionata, from Latin mansionem \"dwelling\" (see mansion). Sense of \"lowly, humble, suited to a servant\" is recorded by 1670s.

menial (n.)

\"domestic servant,\" late 14c., meynyal; see menial (adj.).

menial相关例句

1.a menial task, job, etc

非技术性的任务、 工作等

4.One who does menial work;a drudge.

苦役干杂活的人；苦役

8.menial chores like dusting and washing up

擦桌子、 洗碗这类仆人做的杂务.