grunt work
US /ˈɡrʌnt ˌwɜːrk/
UK /ˈɡrʌnt ˌwɜːk/
名词
苦差事, 繁琐工作
hard, boring, or unpleasant work that needs to be done but is not very important or interesting
示例:
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I spent all day doing the grunt work of organizing files.
我一整天都在做整理文件的苦差事。
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New interns are often assigned the grunt work.
新实习生通常被分配做苦差事。