menial
menial 英 [ˈmi:niəl] 美 [ˈminiəl, ˈminjəl]
adj. 低贱的 n. 仆人
名词复数:menials
- 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. 低贱的
- n. 仆人
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1. menial jobs, menial work
枯燥的工作
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2. menial tasks like cleaning the floor
擦地板这种琐碎的工作
- 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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