英语词汇“donkey work”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

donkey work

noun [mass noun] British informal

The boring or laborious part of a job; drudgery: supervisors who get a research student to do the donkey work...

As the vast majority of his work was formulaic, this method saved a great deal of donkey work, while at the same time, it served as theory exercises for his pupils.
The donkey work of this book was done by a ghostwriter.
The donkey work had been done - the intricate brushing away of thousands of years of dust and soil was a task undertaken by the steady handed experts.

Synonyms

work, effort, endeavour, toil, labour, exertion, graft, the sweat of one's brow, drudgery

informal slog

Australian/New Zealand informal yakka

单词	donkey work
释义	donkey work noun [mass noun] British informal The boring or laborious part of a job; drudgery: supervisors who get a research student to do the donkey work... As the vast majority of his work was formulaic, this method saved a great deal of donkey work, while at the same time, it served as theory exercises for his pupils. The donkey work of this book was done by a ghostwriter. The donkey work had been done - the intricate brushing away of thousands of years of dust and soil was a task undertaken by the steady handed experts. Synonyms work, effort, endeavour, toil, labour, exertion, graft, the sweat of one's brow, drudgery informal slog Australian/New Zealand informal yakka
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