- 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 
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;