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单词 menial
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menial

adjective
/ˈmiːniəl/
/ˈmiːniəl/
(usually disapproving)
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  1. (of work) not considered important; not needing special skills and often boring or badly paid
    • menial jobs/work
    • menial tasks like cleaning the floor
    Topics Working lifec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMenial is used with these nouns:
    • job
    • task
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘domestic’): from Old French, from mesnee ‘household’.

menial

noun
/ˈmiːniəl/
/ˈmiːniəl/
(old-fashioned)
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  1. a person with a menial job
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘domestic’): from Old French, from mesnee ‘household’.
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