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menial adj.适合仆人做的；卑微的n.佣人；家仆；卑贱的人 (1) 他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。(2) 没有卑贱的工作,只有卑贱的态度。(3) 在这里上至老板下至最低微的下人，都有很积极的态度。 The adjective menial comes from an Old French word, mensie, which means “household.” Many chores that get labeled as menial are domestic, but other jobs outside of the home are sometimes also considered menial: stuffing envelopes, data processing, repetitive assembly line work, brain surgery (OK, that last one is not considered menial; we were just checking to see if you were awake).

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英 ['miːniəl] 美 ['miːniəl] (1) he performed the menial chore of shining shoes.(2) There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.(3) There is a positive attitude here, from the boss down to the lowliest menial. 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. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（工作）枯燥的，低级的，报酬低的 Menial work is very boring, and the people who do it have a low status and are usually badly paid. ...low paid menial jobs, such as cleaning and domestic work.诸如打扫卫生和干家务之类工钱少又低贱的工作

英语单词	menial
英美音标	英 ['miːniəl] 美 ['miːniəl]
中文释义	adj.适合仆人做的；卑微的 n.佣人；家仆；卑贱的人
英语例句	(1) he performed the menial chore of shining shoes. (2) There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. (3) There is a positive attitude here, from the boss down to the lowliest menial.
中文例句	(1) 他像仆人一样做些擦鞋的家务活。 (2) 没有卑贱的工作,只有卑贱的态度。 (3) 在这里上至老板下至最低微的下人，都有很积极的态度。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	The adjective menial comes from an Old French word, mensie, which means “household.” Many chores that get labeled as menial are domestic, but other jobs outside of the home are sometimes also considered menial: stuffing envelopes, data processing, repetitive assembly line work, brain surgery (OK, that last one is not considered menial; we were just checking to see if you were awake).
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（工作）枯燥的，低级的，报酬低的 Menial work is very boring, and the people who do it have a low status and are usually badly paid. ...low paid menial jobs, such as cleaning and domestic work. 诸如打扫卫生和干家务之类工钱少又低贱的工作

Menial Chore Jobs People Considered 英 Miːniəl] 美 Miːniəl