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do housework
She spends every Saturday morning doing housework.
她每个周六早上都做家事。
家务
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家务
household chores such as cleaning and cooking
She spends every Saturday morning doing housework.
她每个周六早上都做家事。
家务,如清洁和烹饪
domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking
清洁和管理房屋的工作
the work of cleaning and running a house
I usually do the housework on Saturday mornings.
我通常周六早上做家务。
My parents split the housework evenly between them.
我父母平均分担家务。
He offered to help me with the housework.
他主动提出帮我做家务。
She spends every Saturday morning doing housework.
她每个周六早上都做家事。
He often helps his wife with the housework.
他经常帮妻子做家事。
They decided to share the housework equally.
他们决定平均分担家事。
Not this
I have to do many houseworks.
Use this
I have to do a lot of housework.
housework 是不可数名词，不能用 many 修饰，也不加 -s。应使用 a lot of 或 much。
Not this
I need to finish my housework for school.
Use this
I need to finish my homework for school.
housework 指家务活，homework 指学校作业。这里根据语境应使用 homework。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
做家事
I do housework every Saturday morning.
我每个星期六早上做家事。
分担家事
My husband and I share the housework equally.
我丈夫和我平等分担家事。
帮忙做家事
The children help with housework after dinner.
孩子们晚饭后帮忙做家事。
讨厌做家事
She hates housework and always puts it off.
她讨厌做家事，总是拖延。
家务活是一种你做了没人注意，但你不做就会被人注意到的事情。
She spends most of her free time doing housework.
她大部分空闲时间都在做家务。
Use housework naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住housework是房子（house）里的工作（work），即家事。
语域：neutral 常见场景：home、domestic 通常用于描述家庭日常清洁和打理的工作，比较常见于日常对话中。
housework 为不可数名词，不与 a/an 连用；常用 do (the) housework 表示做家务。
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