menial
['mi:niəl, -njəl]
adj. 卑微的;仆人的;适合仆人做的
n. 仆人;住家佣工;下贱的人
同义词
参考例子
1.But all this time, he has been busy at the office, doing paper-work and other menial tasks.
但大多数时间,他都是被安排在办公室忙来忙去,做点文书工作,或打点下手。
2.Did he gain his precarious bread by some petty trade, by menial toil, by violence, or by theft?
他究竟是在做小生意,当奴仆,还是靠打家劫舍来获得朝不保夕的口粮呢?
3.They are "bound" to the family of the house, which means they do all manner of menial tasks for them until they die.
它们受住在房子里的家庭的约束,也就是说它们为他们做尽一切不体面的工作,直到它们死去。
英文解释
n.
1.a domestic servant
2.used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
网络释义
menial
卑微的; 低贱的; 仆役的; 适合仆人做的;
A Menial
仆人;
menial jobs
卑贱的工作;
a menial task
卑下的工作;
low-down menial pimping
卑微的;