drudge for sb
用 for 引出所服侍或受雇的对象，说明为谁做低贱繁重的活。
She drudged for the same family for twenty years.
她为同一户人家做了二十年苦工。
做苦工；干苦活；从事繁重单调的工作
drudged — past of drudge
从事卑贱的苦工。；辛苦地从事；强迫做苦工
To do hard, menial, or tedious work.
从事卑贱的苦工。
To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.
一般现在时
He drudges all day in the factory.
他整天在工厂里辛苦工作。
现在进行时
She is drudging over her homework.
她正在辛苦地做作业。
一般过去时
They drudged through the muddy fields.
他们辛苦地穿过泥泞的田地。
She drudged away at her homework all weekend.
她整个周末都在辛苦地做家庭作业。
用法提示：这里drudged是过去式，表示辛苦地从事。
He drudges through the same boring tasks every day.
他每天都辛苦地做着同样乏味的工作。
用法提示：这里drudges是第三人称单数形式，表示辛苦地从事。
They are drudging in the fields from dawn to dusk.
他们从早到晚在地里辛苦劳作。
用法提示：这里drudging是现在分词，表示辛苦地从事。
用 for 引出所服侍或受雇的对象，说明为谁做低贱繁重的活。
She drudged for the same family for twenty years.
她为同一户人家做了二十年苦工。
at 后接繁重单调的具体事务，强调埋头苦干的对象。
He drudged at the accounts until midnight.
他埋头处理账目一直到半夜。
away 强调持续不停地干；需要点明事务时也可说 drudge away at sth。
They drudged away in the hot kitchen all day.
他们整天在闷热的厨房里埋头苦干。
grammar · medium
易错句子She drudged him his promotion.
正确表达She grudged him his promotion.
drudge 是不及物动词，意思是“干苦活”，不能带双宾语；表示“嫉妒、不情愿给某人某物”的动词是 grudge，可用于 grudge sb. sth. 结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子We drudged through the deep snow.
正确表达We trudged through the deep snow.
drudge 与 trudge 拼写接近但意思不同：trudge 表示“步履艰难地走、跋涉”，常与 through 连用；drudge 只表示“从事繁重的苦活”，不能表示行走。
grammar · medium
易错句子He drudged the accounts all night.
正确表达He drudged away at the accounts all night.
drudge 作不及物动词，后面不能直接跟宾语；表示“埋头苦干某事”要用 drudge away at sth.，由 away at 引出所干的事情。
toil 强调长时间出大力、干劳累的活，多用于体力劳动或艰难差事，本身不含“低贱”意味；drudge 则突出所干的是卑微、粗贱的苦活，常暗示受雇于人做杂役。两者都可表示劳累单调，但 drudge 带有身份低微的色彩。
slave 作动词多用于口语短语 slave away，表示拼死拼活地为别人干、常带抱怨语气；drudge 更书面，侧重工作本身低贱粗笨。只是自己努力加班时用 slave away 更自然，而描述受雇做卑微苦工则用 drudge。
dredge 与 drudge 拼写、读音相近但意义无关：dredge 指用挖泥船清理河底或打捞东西，常与 up 连用表示翻出旧事；drudge 是干苦工。注意元音不同 /drɛdʒ/ 与 /drʌdʒ/，不要把 dredge up（翻出旧事）误写成 drudge up。
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