英语释义

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• a domestic servant

片语

mencl menial家仆

flunky仆人，奴才；走狗

menial job低贱的工作

worthless无价值的；不值钱的；卑微的

menial activity粗活

menial disorders精神障碍

Ogre Menial卑贱食人魔

Menial Servant皂

menial health精神卫生

menial task[劳经] 无意义的工作

menial jobs卑贱的工作

servant(Servant)人名；(西)塞尔万特；(法)塞尔旺

英汉例句

• defectors do their best to disguise their origins, for instance, by faking a seoul accent in order to secure even the most menial job.

  而且，逃过去的人总想掩盖自己出身朝鲜，比如，在韩国哪怕找个最低贱的工作都得装出一口首尔口音。

• they were of high-school age but instead of continuing their educations they were sent to menial jobs in construction forced to join the army or banished to toil in the countryside.

  在他们仍然是读高中的年级里，他们没能继续学业而是被送去参加建设，被迫加入军队或被流放去农村做知青。

• relations between the two towns have barely grown cosier since bremen’s merchants decided that the menial residents of the place they had purchased smelt like fish.

  但是这两个城市之间的关系并没有些许缓和，因为不莱梅市的商人们认定他们所购的土地上的原住民地位卑微，浑身散发着鱼腥味儿。

• 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。

• if implemented fully—and many are sceptical that locals will take the menial jobs on offer—this would mean fewer contracts for foreigners, particularly in small companies.

  如果落实完全，有人怀疑所有的菲佣职位都将被本地人取代，这就意味着留给外国人的机会更少，尤其是在一些小型公司里。

• and that’s really the biggest problem with seeing work as menial labor.

  把工作视为一种下等劳动是一个很严重的问题。

• in 1975, obama sr. secured his final job: a menial finance position usually reserved for recent college grads.

  1975年老奥巴马获得了最后一份工作——寒碜的财务职位，通常这样的职位是留给大学毕业生的。

• players and critics alike have noted the game’s resemblance to a job, and a fairly menial job at that.

  游戏玩家和评论者似乎都注意到游戏与现实工作间的相似之处，甚至是相当琐碎的工作也是一样。

• hepburn turned to acting in 1948 to help pay the bills -- her mother, an aristocrat, was already doing menial work, and hepburn, though trained in dance, was too tall to be a prima ballerina.

  赫本在1948年开始用表演来帮忙支付账单--她的母亲，是个贵族但是已经开始做女用的工作，而赫本，尽管受到舞蹈培训，但是因为她太高而不能成为芭蕾剧中的主要演员。

• you will never arrive at the state in life where you「re too important to help with menial tasks.

  你永远不会因为身分太重要而不能帮忙卑微的事。

• life in the slow lane: a traveler to sao paulo might wonder why so many drivers can be seen doing such menial tasks as shaving, watching movies, or playing video games while at the wheel.

  慢车道上的生活：去圣保罗的旅行者可能会好奇，为什么许多驾驶员在开车时会做一些琐事，例如刮胡子，看电影，或者玩视频游戏。

• the family is of the chamar, or tanning, caste, one of dozens traditionally dedicated to menial or 「unclean」 occupations, and therefore considered 「untouchable」.

  这种家族是查玛尔，即司鞣制种姓，传统上几十种下人做的或「不干凈」的职业之一，因此被视为「贱民」。

• just a generation ago, women were largely confined to repetitive, menial jobs.

  就在上一代人，女性被限制于主要从事重复生产、仆人工作。

• for decades internal migration in brazil worked in the opposite direction, as people escaped the hardscrabble north-east for menial jobs in the more prosperous south and south-east.

  几十年来,巴西的内部迁移都是正相反的,因为人们总是离开贫瘠的东北部搬到更繁华的南部和东南部去做一些粗活(苦役).

• when i got back from france - 23 and still apparently good for nothing but menial labour - i wrote more than 200 letters to advertisers in the guardian jobs pages, and got nothing.

  当我从法国回来——23岁，依然除了体力劳动以外一无所长——我写了200多封信给《卫报》上招聘版面中的广告商，全部杳无回音。

• the adventurous, adrenaline filled life that world of warcraft offers can be much more appealing than the physical world, especially for those with poor qualifications destined for menial jobs.

  《魔兽世界》让人肾上腺素水平上升令人热血沸腾的冒险生活可能比实体世界更有吸引力，对于那些由于缺乏资历而只得从事琐屑工作的人而言尤其如此。

• 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。

• 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。

• and, as one would expect of a 19th-century gentleman, he was happy to pay others to carry out menial tasks for him, such as stoking his fire and polishing his shoes.

  ，而且，作为一个19世纪的绅士，我们可以想见，他会很乐意雇佣别人为他打杂，比方说照顾他的火炉或者为他擦皮鞋。

• they」re present for team practices and weightlifting sessions as well as participating in more menial activities such as laundry duty.

  在球员们练习和在举重时都必须在场，他们还得干一些很卑微的杂事，例如给球员们洗衣服。

• you will never arrive at the state in life where you「re too important to help with menial tasks. it」s a vital part of your character curriculum.

  你永远不会到达一个生命的阶段，在那里，你作为一个大人物，不需要作一些小事，帮助你成长。这些小事是塑造你性情的关键课程。

• mr hennequin also wants people to know that 「mcjobs」, the low-paid menial jobs at mcdonald's restaurants, are much better than people think.

  亨内昆先生还想让人们认识到「麦职」，即在麦当劳餐厅的低薪，底层工作，并不像他们所想的那样差。

• the very poorest, who slip under the minimum-wage threshold to take the most menial and casual jobs, earn less than $200 a year.

  而对于那些连最低工资都拿不到的穷人来讲，他们只能为别人做佣人或作一些杂活而一年挣得200美元。

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