英語釋義
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
a domestic servant
片語
mencl menial家仆
flunky仆人，奴才；走狗
menial job低賤的工作
worthless無價值的；不值錢的；卑微的
menial activity粗活
menial disorders精神障礙
Ogre Menial卑賤食人魔
Menial Servant皂
menial health精神衛生
menial task[勞經] 無意義的工作
menial jobs卑賤的工作
servant(Servant)人名；(西)塞爾萬特；(法)塞爾旺
相似詞
satellite衛星的
dependent依賴他人者；受贍養者
slave(Slave)人名；(塞、羅)斯拉韋
servant(Servant)人名；(西)塞爾萬特；(法)塞爾旺
helper(Helper)人名；(德)黑爾珀
英漢例句
defectors do their best to disguise their origins, for instance, by faking a seoul accent in order to secure even the most menial job.
而且，逃過去的人總想掩蓋自己出身朝鮮，比如，在韓國哪怕找個最低賤的工作都得裝出一口首爾口音。
they were of high-school age but instead of continuing their educations they were sent to menial jobs in construction forced to join the army or banished to toil in the countryside.
在他們仍然是讀高中的年級里，他們沒能繼續學業而是被送去參加建設，被迫加入軍隊或被流放去農村做知青。
relations between the two towns have barely grown cosier since bremen’s merchants decided that the menial residents of the place they had purchased smelt like fish.
但是這兩個城市之間的關系并沒有些許緩和，因為不萊梅市的商人們認定他們所購的土地上的原住民地位卑微，渾身散發著魚腥味兒。
the young have all moved out. many live two hours away in the coastal city of xiamen, where they largely do menial work.
年輕人都搬出去了，很多住在兩個小時車程外的沿海城市廈門，大部分在那里從事著卑微的體力勞動。
if implemented fully—and many are sceptical that locals will take the menial jobs on offer—this would mean fewer contracts for foreigners, particularly in small companies.
如果落實完全，有人懷疑所有的菲傭職位都將被本地人取代，這就意味著留給外國人的機會更少，尤其是在一些小型公司里。
and that’s really the biggest problem with seeing work as menial labor.
把工作視為一種下等勞動是一個很嚴重的問題。
in 1975, obama sr. secured his final job: a menial finance position usually reserved for recent college grads.
1975年老奧巴馬獲得了最后一份工作——寒磣的財務職位，通常這樣的職位是留給大學畢業生的。
players and critics alike have noted the game’s resemblance to a job, and a fairly menial job at that.
游戲玩家和評論者似乎都注意到游戲與現實工作間的相似之處，甚至是相當瑣碎的工作也是一樣。
hepburn turned to acting in 1948 to help pay the bills -- her mother, an aristocrat, was already doing menial work, and hepburn, though trained in dance, was too tall to be a prima ballerina.
赫本在1948年開始用表演來幫忙支付賬單--她的母親，是個貴族但是已經開始做女用的工作，而赫本，盡管受到舞蹈培訓，但是因為她太高而不能成為芭蕾劇中的主要演員。
you will never arrive at the state in life where you「re too important to help with menial tasks.
你永遠不會因為身分太重要而不能幫忙卑微的事。
life in the slow lane: a traveler to sao paulo might wonder why so many drivers can be seen doing such menial tasks as shaving, watching movies, or playing video games while at the wheel.
慢車道上的生活：去圣保羅的旅行者可能會好奇，為什么許多駕駛員在開車時會做一些瑣事，例如刮胡子，看電影，或者玩視頻游戲。
the family is of the chamar, or tanning, caste, one of dozens traditionally dedicated to menial or 「unclean」 occupations, and therefore considered 「untouchable」.
這種家族是查瑪爾，即司鞣制種姓，傳統上幾十種下人做的或「不干凈」的職業之一，因此被視為「賤民」。
just a generation ago, women were largely confined to repetitive, menial jobs.
就在上一代人，女性被限制於主要從事重復生產、仆人工作。
for decades internal migration in brazil worked in the opposite direction, as people escaped the hardscrabble north-east for menial jobs in the more prosperous south and south-east.
幾十年來,巴西的內部遷移都是正相反的,因為人們總是離開貧瘠的東北部搬到更繁華的南部和東南部去做一些粗活(苦役).
when i got back from france - 23 and still apparently good for nothing but menial labour - i wrote more than 200 letters to advertisers in the guardian jobs pages, and got nothing.
當我從法國回來——23歲，依然除了體力勞動以外一無所長——我寫了200多封信給《衛報》上招聘版面中的廣告商，全部杳無回音。
the adventurous, adrenaline filled life that world of warcraft offers can be much more appealing than the physical world, especially for those with poor qualifications destined for menial jobs.
《魔獸世界》讓人腎上腺素水平上升令人熱血沸騰的冒險生活可能比實體世界更有吸引力，對於那些由於缺乏資歷而只得從事瑣屑工作的人而言尤其如此。
in 1928, he moved to paris where lack of success as a writer forced him into a series of menial jobs.
1928年，他前往巴黎，在那里，奧威爾是一名不得志的作家，這逼迫他從事一系列卑賤的工作。
younger employees and those with more menial jobs were also more prone to boredom.
較年輕的職員和那些做輔助性工作的人更容易感到無聊。
and, as one would expect of a 19th-century gentleman, he was happy to pay others to carry out menial tasks for him, such as stoking his fire and polishing his shoes.
，而且，作為一個19世紀的紳士，我們可以想見，他會很樂意雇傭別人為他打雜，比方說照顧他的火爐或者為他擦皮鞋。
they」re present for team practices and weightlifting sessions as well as participating in more menial activities such as laundry duty.
在球員們練習和在舉重時都必須在場，他們還得干一些很卑微的雜事，例如給球員們洗衣服。
you will never arrive at the state in life where you「re too important to help with menial tasks. it」s a vital part of your character curriculum.
你永遠不會到達一個生命的階段，在那里，你作為一個大人物，不需要作一些小事，幫助你成長。這些小事是塑造你性情的關鍵課程。
mr hennequin also wants people to know that 「mcjobs」, the low-paid menial jobs at mcdonald's restaurants, are much better than people think.
亨內昆先生還想讓人們認識到「麥職」，即在麥當勞餐廳的低薪，底層工作，并不像他們所想的那樣差。
the very poorest, who slip under the minimum-wage threshold to take the most menial and casual jobs, earn less than $200 a year.
而對於那些連最低工資都拿不到的窮人來講，他們只能為別人做傭人或作一些雜活而一年掙得200美元。