menial
['mi:niəl]
adj.适合仆人做的, 卑微的
n.佣人, 家仆,卑贱的人
例句与用法:
A person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work.
做苦工的人做单调、卑贱或不愉快工作的人
One who does menial work; a drudge.
苦役干杂活的人; 苦役
One who performs menial tasks for another.
仆人替别人做卑贱工作的人
词形变化:
副词: menially |
a.
1. 仆人的; 适于仆人的
menial tasks such as washing pots and pans
诸如洗壶涮锅之类由佣人做的活
2. 奴颜婢膝的; 卑贱的
n.
奴仆; 奴颜婢膝的人[C]
menial['mi:niəl; -njəl]adj.1.■仆人的;卑贱的2.■奴颜婢膝的;低下的;适于仆人的3.■(工作、职业)不体面的;乏味的4.■[贬义](仆人)干家庭粗活的n.1.■仆人;男佣人;女佣人2.■卑下的人;奴颜婢膝的人;低级下人近义词servile
menialmenial[ˈmi:njəl]adj.1.■卑下的; 奴仆的, 仆人的2.■适于仆人的; 奴颜婢膝的3.■(工作、职业)不体面的, 乏味的the menial work concerned in running a house操持家务这类的粗活
词性变化menial[ˈmi:njəl]n.1.■奴仆
继承用法meniallyadv.1.■奴仆似地, 奴颜婢膝地
[ˈmiːnɪəl]
adjective
- (of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige
(工作)卑贱的,不体面的
menial factory jobs.
低贱的工厂职业。
■[attrib.](dated)(of a servant) domestic
(旧)家仆的
- a person with a menial job
干粗活者
■(dated)a domestic servant
(旧)家仆
menially
adverb
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'domestic'): from Old French, from mesnee 'household'
menial
名词 menial:
a domestic servant
同义词:dogsbody
形容词 menial:
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
menial
■"Ah.A small aversion to menial labor?
“啊,有那么点儿讨厌干仆人的活儿了是吧?”
■This job, while not restricted to unclean castes, goes largely to Untouchables, their low status condemning them to the most menial work.
“贱民”们低微的身份已经注定了他们主要从事于体力劳动。
■a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing).
一个被雇用来做仆人事务(尤其指洗刷)的厨房帮手。
■However menial your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names.
不论你的生活如何卑微,你要面对它,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。
■2. However menial your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names.
不论你的生活如何卑微,你要面对它,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。收藏指正
■One who works solely for compensation, especially a person willing to perform for a fee tasks considered menial or offensive.
专为金钱干活的人尤指为了金钱承担卑下的或令人不快的工作
■one who works solely for compensation,especially a person willing to perform for a fee tasks considered menial or offensive
专为金钱干活的人;尤指为了金钱承担卑下的或令人不快的工作
■Lord, give us grace to serve others, for this is what Jesus did, even in such menial tasks as washing the feet of His disciples.
主啊!赐下恩典使我们能服事人,像耶稣谦卑自己,做奴仆的工作,替祂的门徒洗脚,愿我们像您。
■" The only jobs Jonathon could find open to him were menial ones, not requiring his intellect, but rather, his muscles.
乔纳森所能找到的向他敞开着大门的工作都是些卖力的苦役,根本不是智力型劳动。
■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。
■a humble accessory or tool to be used as it may, whether that be as a boss, a henchman, a peasant or some other menial function.
人与猫一样,是附属的、卑微的、被摆弄的,工具而已,无论老板、“狗腿子”、农民,还是钉子户。。。
■One who performs menial tasks for another.
仆人替别人做卑贱工作的人
■It is the worker caste who performs the menial yet essential tasks of Yuuzhan Vong society, from garbage collectors to personal attendants.
从拾荒者一直到个人侍从,工人阶层从事着遇战疯社会中地位卑下却至关重要的工作。
■They believed that these life of menial work for granted, will not undermine the dignity.
他们认为,做这些生活中的粗活理所当然,绝对无损体面。
■He is far too qualified for such a menial position.
他做那样卑贱的工作,未免太可惜了。
■he performed the menial chore of shining shoes.
他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。
■Immigrants come to the United States and take menial jobs so that their children have a chance at a better future, he told me.
他告诉我,移民来到美国从事体力劳动,这样他们的子女能有机会拥有更美好的未来。
■He'll take anything, even a menial kitchen job.
他愿意做任何事,甚至是厨房里的杂役。
■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?
■He was forced to take a series of menial jobs.
他被迫做一连串琐碎的杂活。
■Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as I parade through each day convinced that every task no matter how menial or boring, bring me steps closer to fulfilling my dreams.
任何微小的工作,无论多么枯燥沉闷,都会使我更加接近最终的胜利,这样想着的时候,即使最单调的时常琐事,也变得可以忍受了!
■But women predominate in the lower-paying, menial, unrewarding, dead-end jobs, and when they do reach better positions, they are invariably paid less than a man gets for the same job.
但干着工资低、侍候人、不给人心灵以满足、没有前途的工作的则绝大多数是妇女。即使当她们得到较好的职位时,她们的工资也永远低于做同样工作的男子。
■But pessimists reckon that having the best and brightest working abroad, often in menial jobs, is a dreadful loss.
但悲观者却认为最好、最有前途的人都在国外工作,多数人都从事着不体面的工作,这是可怕的浪费。
■but migrants from the countryside generally get the most menial jobs, miss out on subsidised health care and are often denied access to oversubscribed urban schools.
但是这些迁移者虽然获得了大量的服务性行业的工作,但是却没有医疗保证以及农民工子女上学成为一个顽疾。
■But a new programme was launched after critics said menial work humiliated employees without improving their attitude.
但有人认为这种做法不仅无法改进职员的工作态度,而且会侮辱他们的人格,所以今年的做法有所改进。
■Being the most junior, I had to do most of the menial jobs such as tea-making, dispatching mail, filing and occasionally answering incoming calls.
作为最为年轻的职员,我必须从事大多数琐碎工作,例如泡茶、发邮件、归档文件,偶尔还要接电话。
■one who does menial or trivial work; a drudge
作粗重工作的人一个做体力劳动或不重要工作的人;干重活的人
■You are not just a person who does menial chores all day.
你不是一个整天做家务的人。
■A menial worker; a drudge.
佣工;苦工
■a person who does tedious,menial,or unpleasant work
做单调、卑贱或不愉快工作的人
■A person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work.
做苦工的人做单调、卑贱或不愉快工作的人
■A person who does tedious, menial , or unpleasant work.
做苦工的人做单调、卑贱或不愉快工作的人。
■Far from being thought a disgrace if he performs these "menial" tasks, a man is thought ridiculous if he does not know how to perform them.
做这些“粗活”绝不会让人认为不体面,不会做才是让人觉得不可思议呢。
■Keywords stereotaxic techniques;movement disorders;epilepsy;pain;menial disorders;
关键词立体定位技术;运动障碍;癫痫;疼痛;精神障碍;
■However menial and trivial your early assignments may appear, give them your best efforts.
刚开始被分派的工作,无论看似何其卑微琐碎,你都要尽全力完成。
■Manual or menial labor, such as barracks cleaning, assigned to soldiers.
劳务杂役分派给士兵的一年一次或两次的杂役(如打扫军营)
■Drudge: a person who does menial, dull or hard work.
勤苦地做。
■menial jobs
卑下的工作
■1.lowly; 2.mean; humble; menial; servile
卑贱
■Considered impure by Hindu law, they are generally permitted to perform only the most menial jobs.
受印度教教义规定,这些人只能干最低级粗重的活。
■fag:a student at a British public school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class.
受高年级使唤的低年级学生:在英国公立学校为高年级同学做跑腿活儿的学生.
■A student at a British public school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class.
受高年级使唤的低年级学生在英国公立学校为高年级同学做跑腿活儿的学生
■a student at a British public school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class
受高年级使唤的低年级学生,在英国公立学校为高年级同学做跑腿活儿的学生
■As a result, many personal injury victims either suffer in silence or accept the menial medical insurance payments as settlement to their personal injury cases.
因此,许多人身伤害,受害者要么默默忍受痛苦或接受粗活的医疗保险费用结算,以他们的人身伤害案件。
■In China's far west, the Muslim ethnic group finds itself relegated to menial jobs. Chinese officials also restrict religious practice and use of their language in schools.
在中国遥远的西部,一个穆斯林少数民族发现自己做的工作愈发卑微.中国政府同时对他们的宗教活动以及平时在学校的本族语言上课进行限制.
■In the star-studded team, he would like a blue-collar effort, unknown to doing some stupid and menial living.
在大腕云集的球队中,他像一个只会出力的蓝领,默默无闻地做着一些粗活和笨活。
■After three years of menial jobs in the women's weightlifting team's kitchen, she was asked to leave.
在女子举重队(食堂)厨房做了一份不起眼的工作三年后,她被叫走人。
■Under these conditions teaching ranked lower than the menial services, and college graduates hesitated to demean themselves in such an employment.
在这种情形下,教师的地位比仆人还要低,因此,大学毕业生们不愿身处如此境遇。
■There is a positive attitude here, from the boss down to the lowliest menial.
在这里上至老板下至最低微的下人,都有很积极的态度。
■Not mentioned here is the fifth and lowest order, which consists of the "untouchables", who perform menial tasks considered to be defiling.
在这里没有提及第五阶层和由“不可触摸者”(贱民)组成的最低层,他们干的奴仆工作被认为是肮脏的。