1.Women were still burdened with domestic drudgery.

妇女家事所累。

2.He'd pick up on dinner drudgery sooner than those before him.

我乐意被他看穿心思。相较于那些比他更早来我家的人，他会更快意会“正餐苦役”。

3.We named the task dinner drudgery—and, after a while, so did most of our six-week guests.

用餐时往往会多两三位客人，有时候是邻居或亲戚，有时候是同事、律师、医生等名利双收人士，在前往自家的夏季别墅前，顺路来拜访我父亲。有时候我们甚至向偶尔来访的夫妻开放自己的餐室，他们耳闻栋老别墅，纯粹想来一窥究竟。受邀与我们共餐时，他们完全像着了魔一样，跟我们聊很多自己的事情。而时，总在最后一分钟才接通知的马法尔达则端出她的家常菜。虽几杯玫瑰红葡萄酒（Rosatello Wine）下肚后，坐在午后炎热的夏日阳光下，人不免变得懒散迟钝；但是私底下内敛害羞的父亲，最爱听学有专长的早慧之士以数种语言高谈阔论。我们总把段时光称“正餐苦役”——过不了多久，那些即将长住六周的访客也会么说。

4.It did not look well. He would hire two others to do the drudgery and leave her as Mammy-inchief.

还要雇两个人干重活，让她当头儿。

5.For others, it was an experience of drudgery.

对其他人来说，做饭是苦差事。

6.An escape from unpaid drudgery into paid work seems a distant prospect for millions of women.

从无的劳累家务中逃离，投入有工作中，对数百万女性来说似乎遥不可及。

7.They're very useful technology, something that, again, will take the drudgery out of driving and give people back their time.

我认是一项非常有用的技术，自动驾驶技术会把人们从枯燥的驾驶中解放出来，给人们更多的自由和时间。

8.The creative spark that had been buried under dishes, diapers and drudgery now flamed into life.

一直埋没于杯盘碟子、尿布和杂务之间的创作火花现在迸发出生命之光。

9.Unless one sets goals and develops skills, walking is just featureless drudgery.

除非设定目标并培养技能，否则行走只是单调乏味的苦差事。机翻

10.So we're talking about the end of human drudgery.

所以我们正在谈论人类苦差事的结束。机翻

11.You can turn it into drudgery.

你可以把它变成苦差事。机翻

12.And I should never succeed in anything by dint of drudgery.

而且我永远不会因苦差事而取得任何成功。机翻

13.That sounds pretty good in theory; leave the drudgery behind you when you close the kitchen door.

理论上听起来不错；当你关闭厨房门时， 可以把繁琐的事情留在身后。机翻

14.Travel can be an escape from the routine drudgery of life.

【escape】旅行可以使人们从乏味的日常生活中暂时解脱出来。

15.The discipline and the drudgery of a country life bored him.

乡村生活的纪律和苦差事让他感厌烦。机翻

16.Absolute drudgery that was also unpaid.

艰苦无比的工作， 而且还没有报酬。机翻

17.I liked having my mind read. He'd pick up on dinner drudgery sooner than those before him.

我喜欢读心术。他会比前人更早地开始做晚饭的苦差事。机翻

18.For some, it’s undoubtedly an escape from the drudgery of what they’re supposed to be doing.

对于一些人来说， 无疑是一种逃避他们应该做的苦差事的方式。机翻

19.He began by a quick survey of his early years — the years of drudgery and privation.

他首先快速回顾了自己的早年——那些苦役和贫困的岁月。机翻

20.Most of the idle rich suffer unspeakable boredom as the price of their freedom from drudgery.

多数无所事事的阔佬免遭从事单调乏味工作之苦，但代价是莫名其妙的无聊。