donkeywork

After years of doing donkeywork in the office, she finally got a job that required real creativity.

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.

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.

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。