drudge
/drʌdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /drʌdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdrəj/ (ame, mw)
drudge — 名詞
- drudgesingular
- drudgesplural
1. someone who is stuck with dull, tiring jobs that other people value little.
苦差人
老做雜苦活、又不受重視的人
someone who is stuck with dull, tiring jobs that other people value little.
After lunch, Gabriel was still the office drudge, sorting broken printers alone.
午飯後，Gabriel 仍是辦公室裡的苦差人，獨自整理壞掉的印表機。
office drudge doing routine low-status tasks
The film shows a kitchen drudge washing pans while guests laugh upstairs.
那部電影裡，一名廚房苦差人在樓上客人嬉笑時還得洗平底鍋。
kitchen drudge doing repetitive chores
For years, Sayaka felt like the family's drudge, cleaning and carrying every bag.
好多年來，Sayaka 都覺得自己像家裡的苦差人，什麼清理搬運都要做。
When the owners changed the work schedule, nobody asked the warehouse drudge for input.
老闆改班表時，沒有人問那個倉庫苦差人的意見。
- boss
the person giving orders instead of doing the lowest tasks
- decision-maker
someone whose ideas carry weight rather than being ignored
文法句型
be a drudge in + workplace/family
feel like + a drudge
用法筆記
Strongly negative. It describes a person trapped in repetitive, low-status work, not simply someone who works hard.
drudge — 動詞
- drudgepresent simple I / you / we / they
- drudges3rd person singular
- drudging-ing form
- drudgedpast simple
1. to spend a long time doing dull, tiring work with little reward.
做苦工
長時間做枯燥又吃力的活
to spend a long time doing dull, tiring work with little reward.
Imran drudged through tax forms until midnight at the front desk.
Imran 在前台埋頭做苦工填稅表，一直忙到半夜。
drudge through + task
All summer, Evelyn drudged in the laundry room above the hot dryers.
整個夏天，Evelyn 都在熱烘烘的烘衣機旁做苦工。
drudge in + workplace
The interns drudged away in silence while the managers planned the launch.
實習生們默默做苦工時，經理們正在規劃產品發表。
Caio drudged through the same data sheet again after the printer jam.
印表機卡紙後，Caio 又對著同一張資料表做苦工。
- toil
broader and not always as repetitive or degrading
- slave away
more informal and strongly stresses overwork
- grind
often used for tiring effort but can be less formal
文法句型
drudge through + task
drudge away + at + work
用法筆記
Often appears with through or away to stress that the work feels slow, repetitive, and never-ending. It usually describes routine labour rather than one difficult challenge.
常見錯誤
2. to make someone spend their time on dull, tiring work.
逼人做苦工
強迫別人去做枯燥苦活
to make someone spend their time on dull, tiring work.
The aunt drudged Roya with kitchen chores while the cousins played outside.
那位阿姨在表親們到外面玩時，逼 Roya 留在廚房做苦工。
drudge + someone + with + task
Mean supervisors drudged new staff on weekend stock counts for months.
刻薄的主管一連幾個月都逼新員工做週末盤點的苦工。
drudge + someone + on + duty
At the camp, older boys drudged Henry with firewood runs all afternoon.
在營地裡，年紀大的男孩整個下午都逼 Henry 做搬柴的苦工。
The gang drudged the boy with alley sweeping while they played cards.
那群人自己打牌，卻逼那個男孩做掃巷子的苦工。
文法句型
drudge + someone + with + task
drudge + someone + on + duty/job
用法筆記
This rare transitive use takes a person as the object and suggests unfair power over them. It often adds with or on before the task that is being forced on the person.