Women were still burdened with domestic drudgery.

妇女仍然为家事所累。

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，他们耳闻这栋老别墅，纯粹想来一窥究竟。受邀与我们共餐时，他们完全魔一样，跟我们聊很多自己的事情。而这时，总在最后一分钟才接到通知的马法尔达则端出她的家常菜。虽然几杯玫瑰红葡萄酒（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。我们总把这段时光称为“正餐苦役”——过不多久，那些即将长住六周的访客也会这么说。

For others, it was an experience of drudgery.

他人来说，做饭是苦差事。

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。

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

从无偿的劳累家务中逃离，投入到有偿工作中，数百万女性来说似乎遥不可及。

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，他会更快意会到“正餐苦役”。

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

我认为这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。

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。

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。

Absolute drudgery that was also unpaid.

艰苦无比的工作， 而且还没有报酬。

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

而且我永远不会因为苦差事而取得任何成功。

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。

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

于一些人来说， 这无疑是一种逃避他们应该做的苦差事的方式。

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

他首先快速回顾自己的早年——那些苦役和贫困的岁月。

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，但代价是莫名妙的无聊。

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。

The advert underlined the liberating colorful and energetic Mac as a deliverance from the technophobic drudgery of industrial labor.

。 广告强调解放色彩和充满活力的 Mac 是从工业劳动的技术恐惧症中解脱出来的。

Let's go to Sumit to show you how Copilot will unleash creativity and take their drudgery out of work for everyone.

让我们去 Sumit 向您展示 Copilot 将如何释放创造力并为每个人摆脱工作中的苦差事。

It points to a new kind of middle-class dream, one free from wearying manual labor or the white-collar drudgery of cubicles and spreadsheets.

它指向的是一种新型的中产阶级梦想，一种摆脱令人厌倦的体力劳动，或白领那种在狭小的工位上整天和表格打交道的单调工作的梦想。

According to the author of the study, Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of parenthood, but shy away from the drudgery.

调查报告中写道，澳大利亚的爸爸们似乎很享受做父亲比较有趣的一面，却总是回避相乏味的苦差事。