do donkeywork
He was tired of doing donkeywork every day.
他厌倦了每天做呆板工作。
枯燥单调的苦差事;繁重机械的工作
呆板工作
hard monotonous routine work
呆板工作
n hard monotonous routine work
After years of doing donkeywork in the office, she finally got a job that required real creativity.
在办公室里做了多年枯燥乏味的工作后,她终于找到了一份真正需要创意的工作。
用法提示:donkeywork 是名词,表示“枯燥单调的苦差事”,此处作 doing 的宾语。
The interns were assigned the donkeywork of photocopying and filing documents all day.
实习生们被分配了整天复印和整理文件这类枯燥单调的活儿。
用法提示:donkeywork 是名词,指“繁重机械的日常工作”,此处作 assigned 的宾语。
He tried to avoid the donkeywork of data entry by automating some of the steps.
他试图通过自动化部分步骤来避免录入数据这种枯燥机械的工作。
用法提示:donkeywork 是名词,表示“枯燥机械的工作”,在句中作 avoid 的宾语。
He was tired of doing donkeywork every day.
他厌倦了每天做呆板工作。
She is engaged in donkeywork at the office.
她在办公室从事呆板工作。
Donkeywork of filing papers is boring.
归档文件的呆板工作很无聊。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have to do donkey work every day.
正确表达I have to do donkeywork every day.
Donkeywork是复合名词,应该写作一个词而非两个词。
grammar · medium
易错句子He did many donkeyworks.
正确表达He did a lot of donkeywork.
Donkeywork是不可数名词,不能用复数形式或与many连用,应使用a lot of或much。
donkeywork强调工作机械重复且缺乏创造性,drudgery更侧重体力或精神上的苦累感。
grunt work与donkeywork几乎同义,但grunt work更口语化,常用于军事或IT业指杂务。
busywork强调工作本身无实际价值,只为了让人忙碌;donkeywork强调单调,但可能仍有必要。
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