menial
menial 英 [ˈmi:niəl] 美 [ˈminiəl, ˈminjəl]
adj. 卑微的；仆人的；适合仆人做的 n. 仆人；住家佣工；下贱的人
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- A menial task is anything that takes very little training, skill, or talent. Some people find it relaxing to do the menial chore of folding laundry. Go figure.
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- adj. 卑微的；仆人的；适合仆人做的
- n. 仆人；住家佣工；下贱的人
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1. In 1928, he moved to Paris where lack of success as a writer forced him into a series of menial jobs.
1928年，他前往巴黎，在那里，奥威尔是一名不得志的作家，这逼迫他从事一系列卑贱的工作。
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2. Younger employees and those with more menial jobs were also more prone to boredom.
较年轻的职员和那些做辅助性工作的人更容易感到无聊。
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3. The young have all moved out. Many live two hours away in the coastal city of Xiamen, where they largely do menial work.
年轻人都搬出去了，很多住在两个小时车程外的沿海城市厦门，大部分在那里从事着卑微的体力劳动。
- menial (adj.) late 14c., "pertaining to a household," from Anglo-French meignial, from Old French mesnie "household," earlier mesnede, from Vulgar Latin *mansionata, from Latin mansionem "dwelling" (see mansion). Sense of "lowly, humble, suited to a servant" is recorded by 1670s.
- menial (n.) "domestic servant," late 14c., meynyal; see menial (adj.).
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