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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔PROBLEM〕It is a common dilemma: Should you stay where you have friends and family, or take that good job in a far-away city? 这是一个常见的两难局面：与朋友和家人在一起，还是接受远方城市的好差事？朗文写作活用〔WORK〕Campaign adviser Ken Polaski has been saddled with the job of explaining the recent presidential gaffes. 竞选顾问肯·波兰斯基有件苦差事，要为总统最近的失言作出解释。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕Cutting all the wood before nightfall was a long, hard slog. 要把所有木头都在黄昏前劈好，那真是件漫长的苦差事。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕I was doing grunt work for the secretary in the department, twenty hours a week. 我每周20小时为部门秘书做单调乏味的苦差事。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕The real donkey work was actually done by those guys. 真正的苦差事实际上是由那些家伙干的。朗文写作活用〔all-〕Nursing a demented person is an all-consuming task.照顾一个精神病人是时刻都要劳神费力的苦差事。柯林斯高阶〔baby〕You go off round the world, and leave me to hold the baby.你满世界地跑，把苦差事都扔给我。柯林斯高阶〔bustle〕He bustled the servant off on an errand.他催促仆人赶紧办差事去。文馨英汉〔cake〕This job is anything but a piece of cake.这份差事决不轻松。英汉大词典〔catch〕He's welcome to the job; it's no catch, anyhow.欢迎他来干这项工作,反正不是什么好差事。 英汉大词典〔chalice〕Working as store manager was a poisoned chalice as it became more and more difficult to be the boss of her friends.店长这差事就是一泓苦酒，因为管理她手下的朋友越来越难了。韦氏高阶〔chore〕Doing taxes can be a real chore.做税务工作可真是一件苦差事。韦氏高阶〔chore〕Shopping's a real chore for me.对我来说，购物真是件苦差事。牛津高阶〔con〕White conned his way into a job as a warehouseman with Dutch airline, KLM.怀特一路连蒙带骗, 在荷兰皇家航空公司谋到了一份仓库管理员的差事。外研社新世纪〔cross〕The bartender busied himself drying glassware, the cross of his trade.酒吧招待员忙于把玻璃杯具擦干,这是他那个行当的苦差事。英汉大词典〔cruise ship〕He got a job as a singer on a cruise ship.他在一艘大型游轮上找了个歌手的差事。柯林斯高阶〔day one〕Believe me, this has been a hard slog from day one.相信我, 这从一开始就是个苦差事。外研社新世纪〔degrading〕He found the work very degrading.他觉得这一差事很不光彩。牛津搭配〔dirty〕Delivering coal was very dirty work.送煤是件苦差事。外研社新世纪〔dirty〕It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.这是个苦差事，但总得有人做。韦氏高阶〔donkey work〕I had to do the donkey work.我不得不干枯燥的苦差事。韦氏高阶〔donkey work〕Why do I have to do all the donkey work? 我为什么得做这些乏味的苦差事呢？麦克米伦高阶〔donkeywork〕Hard physical labor.苦差事：沉重的力气活儿美国传统〔dreadlocks〕He was turned down for a driving job when he refused to cut his dreadlocks.他拒绝剪掉他的“骇人”长发绺,所以没能谋到开车的差事。柯林斯高阶〔drop〕Why does he always drop on me for the worst jobs? 他为什么老是挑我去干最糟糕的差事? 英汉大词典〔duck out〕She's trying to duck out of doing that unpleasant job.她正想逃避那项讨厌的差事。21世纪英汉〔easy〕This is not an easy task.这不是件容易的差事。柯林斯高阶〔either〕Nobody in our office wanted the assignment. Me either.我们办公室没人想要那份差事。我也不要。英汉大词典〔errand〕He was sent out on an urgent errand.他被派去办个紧急的差事。韦氏高阶〔errand〕I couldn't stop because I was on an errand.我没法停下来，因为我有差事在身。朗文当代〔errand〕I have a few errands to run.我有些差事要办。外研社新世纪〔errand〕She had a bunch of errands to do before dinner.晚餐前她有一大堆差事要做。韦氏高阶〔errand〕She had a more urgent errand.她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。外研社新世纪〔errand〕She had a more urgent errand.她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。柯林斯高阶〔errand〕Your errand was to mail the letter.你的差事是去寄这封信美国传统〔escape〕She always escapes the nasty jobs.她总是逃避难办的差事。牛津同义词〔fag〕Chiefly British Fatiguing or tedious work; drudgery.【多用于英国】 苦工，苦差事：单调乏味的工作；苦工美国传统〔fag〕What a fag!真是件苦差事！外研社新世纪〔fall〕It fell to me to inform her of her son's death.把她儿子死讯通知她的差事落在了我的头上。牛津高阶〔farm〕Running a farm is hard work.经营农场是件苦差事。韦氏高阶〔full-time〕The way she did it, mothering was a full-time job.照顾孩子于她是一件不得空闲的苦差事。柯林斯高阶〔go at〕It was a tough job, and I was impressed by the energetic way he went at it.这是个苦差事，他的积极肯干给我留下深刻印象。韦氏高阶〔graft〕His career has been one of hard graft.他的职业是一个苦差事。外研社新世纪〔grind〕The daily grind of taking care of three children was wearing her down.每天照顾3个孩子，这个苦差事把她快累垮了。剑桥高阶〔grunt work〕She has assistants to do the grunt work like research and proofreading.她有助手做搜集资料和校对之类的苦差事。牛津高阶〔hard〕Looking after young children is very hard work.照看小孩是个苦差事。外研社新世纪〔involve〕The job involved an enormous amount of work.这份差事的工作量很大。外研社新世纪〔jack in〕After she jacked in the teaching, Jane got herself a job with a shipping line.辞去教书工作之后，简在一家航运公司找了份差事。柯林斯高阶〔job〕Cooper had the unenviable job of announcing the bad news.库珀领受了负责宣布坏消息这个没人愿意干的差事。牛津搭配〔job〕Keeping the house clean can be a thankless job.保持房屋清洁可是份受累不讨好的差事。牛津搭配〔job〕Raising kids can be a difficult job.抚养孩子可是件苦差事。朗文当代〔job〕They gave me the tough job of telling applicants that they'd been rejected.他们把难办的差事交给了我，要我通知求职者他们的申请被拒了。牛津搭配〔jolly〕It was jolly hard work, but I loved it.这可是件很苦的差事，不过我喜欢。柯林斯高阶〔land〕John was landed with the job of sorting Susan's files when she left.推给约翰的苦差事是整理苏珊走时留下的文件。麦克米伦高阶〔land〕Someone has landed me with the job of fixing hotel rooms for the visitors.有人把代订旅馆客房的苦差事交给了我。英汉大词典〔look〕It's hard work looking after three children all day.整天照料3个孩子是件苦差事。麦克米伦高阶〔lumber ... with〕The boss lumbered me with a troublesome job.老板硬要我干一件麻烦的差事。21世纪英汉〔niche〕He's managed to create a niche for himself in local politics.他终于在当地政界为自己谋到一份称心的差事。朗文当代〔old boy network〕He got his job through the old boy network.他靠老同学关系网谋到这份差事。韦氏高阶〔out〕It was an awful job and I'm glad to be out of it.那件差事简直是受罪，我很高兴摆脱掉了。牛津高阶〔paid〕Neither of them is currently in paid employment.他们俩目前都没有挣钱的差事。牛津高阶〔palm〕She's always palming the worst jobs off on her assistant.她总是哄骗她的助手做最苦的差事。牛津高阶〔pedestrian〕Twice I took pedestrian jobs to keep us going.我曾两次找了乏味的差事以维持我们的生计。英汉大词典〔perishing〕I've had enough of this perishing job! 这讨厌的差事，我真受够了！牛津高阶〔pick on〕Why do they always pick on me to do the difficult tasks?他们为什么老是找我去干苦差事?21世纪英汉〔revel in〕Young men revel in doing dangerous tasks.年轻小伙子特别喜欢干有危险性的苦差事。21世纪英汉〔round up〕He had sought work as a cowboy, rounding up cattle.他找了一份放牛的差事，负责把牛赶到一起。柯林斯高阶〔saddle〕I've been saddled with organizing the whole party! 我被派了筹备整个派对的苦差事！朗文当代〔short〕I drew the short straw and had to stay late.我摊上苦差事，晚上得熬夜了。麦克米伦高阶〔sight〕After failing to get into college, he lowered his sights and got a job in a bar.他由于没能进入大学读书，便降低标准，在一家酒吧找了个差事。牛津搭配〔sinecure〕This is not a sinecure.这并非轻松的差事。文馨英汉〔slog〕Getting fit doesn't have to be a hard slog.锻炼身体保持健康不应该一定是件乏味的苦差事。麦克米伦高阶〔something〕He is [has] something in the Customs.他在海关里有个差事。文馨英汉〔talk〕I managed to talk my way out of having to give a speech.我好说歹说总算逃脱了发言差事。牛津高阶〔task〕A difficult or tedious undertaking.苦差事，困难的工作：一项艰巨的或枯燥乏味的任务美国传统〔task〕Volunteers had the thankless task of distributing campaign leaflets.志愿者们承担了分发活动传单的苦差事。朗文当代〔time〕It was her job to make tea three times a day.她的差事就是每天沏3次茶。柯林斯高阶〔unenviable〕I was given the unenviable task of cleaning the toilets.我被分派去干打扫厕所这个讨厌的差事。韦氏高阶〔unenviable〕She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls.她接受了这个令人为难的差事，负责打头几个电话。柯林斯高阶〔unenviable〕She had the unenviable task of ringing the parents of the dead child.给死去的孩子的父母打电话报丧这件令人为难的差事落到了她的头上。外研社新世纪〔unenviable〕She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers.让她去通知失败的人，真不是什么好差事。牛津高阶〔unexciting〕It was a methodical, unexciting chore.这是一份按部就班的无聊差事。外研社新世纪〔unexciting〕It was a methodical, unexciting chore.那是一份按部就班、枯燥乏味的无聊差事。柯林斯高阶〔wangle〕Amanda had wangled a job for Robyn with the council.阿曼达为罗宾在理事会搞了份差事。外研社新世纪〔wangle〕Amanda had wangled a job for Robyn with the council.阿曼达耍手段在市政部门给罗宾找了份差事。柯林斯高阶〔weasel〕They used an excuse to weasel out of the job.他们找了个借口推托掉这项差事。英汉大词典〔work〕He has done the grunt work (= the hard, boring part of a task), sifting through thousands of official records.他完成了筛选数千个官方记录的苦差事。牛津搭配〔work〕He set me work to do.他派了件差事给我做。牛津同义词〔work〕I did the donkey work (= hard work requiring little skill) but I hired a professional for the hard part.我自己做那些没什么技术含量的苦差事，但是雇了专业人员来完成棘手的部分。牛津搭配〔worm out of〕He always managed to worm his way out of doing the dishes.他总能想方设法躲掉洗碗的差事。韦氏高阶Caring for a dying relative is a desolating business.照料垂死的亲人是件凄苦的差事。剑桥国际Copying manuscripts all the time is dreary work. 老是抄写手稿是件枯燥乏味的差事。译典通Having to type up my handwritten work was a real grind.不得不将我的手稿打字打出来真是件苦差事。剑桥国际He worked in Hong Kong until his father found him a job in Canada. 在他父亲给他在加拿大找到差事前，他一直在香港工作。译典通His new job is a real plum. 他的新工作是一个真正的美差事。译典通It was a hard job, he took it though. 这是份苦差事，可他还是接受了。译典通She had the difficult task of pulling out all the weeds. 她的苦差事是拔除所有的杂草。译典通The daily grind of looking after three children was wearing her down.每天照看三个孩子的苦差事使她变得憔悴。剑桥国际There were thousands of desertions in the last weeks of the war.在战争的最后几周里，有成千上万的开小差事件。剑桥国际They used an excuse to weasel out of the job. 他们找了个借口推脱掉这项差事。译典通 |
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