drudgery
/ˈdrʌdʒəri/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdrʌdʒəri/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdrəj-rē ˈdrə-jə-rē/ (ame, mw)
drudgery — noun
1. work that is tiring, repetitive, and gives you little interest or pleasure.
work that is tiring, repetitive, and gives you little interest or pleasure.
After three hours of data entry, Ife sighed at the drudgery.
hours of drudgery
Cleaning every seat after the concert turned summer work into drudgery.
turn work into drudgery
For Sahil, copying receipts by hand was the worst office drudgery.
The robot took over the drudgery of sorting bolts at the factory.
- toil
stresses hard effort and may sound more literary, not always boring
- grind
more informal and often used for the exhausting routine of daily life
- grunt work
informal and especially used for low-status tasks given to junior people
文法句型
the drudgery of + task/-ing
hours of drudgery
turn work into drudgery
用法筆記
Usually uncountable and often follows 'the drudgery of' before a task noun or -ing form. It normally refers to repetitive, low-interest work done over time, not one difficult task finished once.