Women were still burdened with domestic drudgery.

妇女仍然为家事所累。

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，对数百万女性来说似乎遥不可及。

For others, it was an experience of drudgery.

对其他人来说，做饭苦差事。

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”。

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迸发出生命之光。

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，有时候邻居或亲戚，有时候同事、律师、医生等名利双收人，往自家的夏季别墅，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，他们完全像着了魔一样，跟我们聊很多自己的事情。而这时，总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，坐午后炎热的夏日阳光下，人不免变得懒散迟钝；但私底下内敛害羞的父亲，最爱听学有专长的早慧之数种语言高谈阔论。我们总把这段时光称为“正餐苦役”——过不了多久，那些即将长住六周的访客也会这么说。

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。

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。

It's going to kind of be relentless drudgery.

这将会持续不断的苦差事。

Almost like you're not really having to face the usual kind of drudgery.

几乎就像不必面对日常生活中的那种单调乏味一样。

But what you get out of it is the elimination of a lot of drudgery.

但从中获得的消除了很多枯燥的工作。

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。

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

所我们正谈论人类苦差事的结束。

Oh, what toil and drudgery is marriage?

哦，婚姻真劳苦与乏味啊？

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

【escape】旅行可使人们从乏味的日常生活中暂时解脱出来。

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到厌烦。

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

除非设定目标并培养技能，否则行走只单调乏味的苦差事。

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， 这无疑一种逃避他们应该做的苦差事的方式。

You can turn it into drudgery.

可把它变成苦差事。

It certainly can make the drudgery of standing in line just a little bit more enjoyable.

这无疑能让排队时的单调乏味稍稍变得愉快一些。