menial
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英 [ˈmi:niəl]
美 [ˈminiəl, ˈminjəl]
是什么意思
(指工作)卑贱的,不体面的;
(干粗活的)家仆;
变形
复数:menials
英英释义
menial[ 'mi:niəl, -njəl ]
- n.a domestic servant
同义词:dogsbody
- adj.used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
同义词:humblelowly
学习怎么用
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- he performed the menial chore of shining shoes.
他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。 - There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.
没有卑贱的工作,只有卑贱的态度。
用作名词(n.)
- 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。
权威例句
The Menial Art of CookingThe menial and the sublimeThe menial and the sublime.Spiritual and Menial HouseworkThere is no such thing as a menial task in nursing.The Menial Art of Cooking: Archaeological Studies of Cooking and Food PreparationPost-partum menial disorder in an unselected sample. The influence of pamyBlocking Causal Drainage and Other Maintenance Chores with Menial CausationSupravalvular aortic stenosis associated with menial retardation and characteristic faces‘It is their nature to do menial labour’: the racialization of ‘Latino/a workers’ by agricultural employers