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the drudgery of [noun/verb-ing]
常用定冠词the，后接of短语说明苦差事的内容。
She was tired of the drudgery of daily chores.
她厌倦了日常琐事的苦差事。
苦差事；苦工
drudgeries — plural of drudgery
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
苦差事；苦工
hard, monotonous, routine work
She was tired of the drudgery of daily chores.
她厌倦了日常琐事的苦差事。
令人疲惫的、繁琐的工作
Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.
艰苦单调的例行工作
hard monotonous routine work
After years of office drudgery, she finally started her own bakery.
在办公室做了多年苦差事之后，她终于开了自己的面包店。
He hated the daily drudgery of cleaning and cooking.
他讨厌每天打扫和做饭的苦差事。
The job involves a lot of drudgery, but the pay is good.
这份工作有很多苦差事，但薪水不错。
常用定冠词the，后接of短语说明苦差事的内容。
She was tired of the drudgery of daily chores.
她厌倦了日常琐事的苦差事。
描述某事物单调乏味、令人厌倦。
For many, housework is sheer drudgery.
对许多人来说，家务活纯粹是苦差事。
Not this
I drudgery every day.
Use this
I do drudgery every day.
drudgery 是名词，不能作动词；应添加动词 do。
Not this
I have many drudgeries to do.
Use this
I have a lot of drudgery to do.
drudgery 通常不可数，应使用 a lot of 而非 many。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
家务苦差事
Modern appliances have reduced household drudgery.
现代家电减少了家务苦差事。
日常单调乏味的苦工
He tried to make the daily drudgery more interesting.
他努力让日常单调乏味的苦工变得更有趣。
无休止的苦差事
The work felt like endless drudgery.
这工作感觉像是无休止的苦差事。
机械乏味的苦差事
Data entry can be mindless drudgery.
数据录入可能是机械乏味的苦差事。
十足的苦差事
Cleaning all those rooms was sheer drudgery.
打扫所有这些房间简直是十足的苦差事。
Use drudgeries naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个人绑着头巾，在尘土里反复搬砖、洗地，辛劳而单调——这种苦差事就是 drudgery。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话中谈论繁琐工作、书面描述工作性质、讨论家务或杂务 drudgery 指令人疲惫、单调乏味的工作，通常带有负面色彩，多用于口语和书面语中对工作性质的描述，比较常见于“a life of drudgery”这类表达。
Surgery and perjury rhyme with each other (/ɜːrdʒəri/), but none of these words rhymes with drudgery, whose stressed vowel is /ʌ/. Beware the spelling trap: drudgery and surgery share the ending -gery, while perjury spells the same sound -jury, and sorcery/grocery use -cery with a different sound /səri/.
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