| 单词 | menial |
| 释义 | menial (once / 2445 pages) adjn A menial task is anything that takes very little training, skill, or talent. Some people find it relaxing to do the menial chore of folding laundry. Go figure. The adjective menial comes from an Old French word, mensie, which means “household.” Many chores that get labeled as menial are domestic, but other jobs outside of the home are sometimes also considered menial: stuffing envelopes, data processing, repetitive assembly line work, brain surgery (OK, that last one is not considered menial; we were just checking to see if you were awake). WORD FAMILYmenial: menially, menials USAGE EXAMPLESInvestigators with the Los Angeles Police Robbery Homicide Division said Galstyan was tired of being humiliated and forced to do menial tasks. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) Resourceful enough to get here, most immigrants did all right, if only in menial jobs. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) In Gubaiya, a sedate hamlet in northwestern Yemen, many men worked in neighboring Saudi Arabia on construction sites, at restaurants and in menial jobs. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) 1adj used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) Syn humble, lowly unskilled not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency 2n a domestic servant Hyper retainer, servant a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) |
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