chore

英[tʃɔː(r)] 美[tʃɔːr]
  • n. 讨厌的工作；琐事；家务
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. [C]零星工作(尤指家常杂务) small duty or job (especially in a house)

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee;

    "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"
    "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"
    "the endless task of classifying the samples"
    "the farmer's morning chores"

双语例句

1. Fortunately, the chore of leaf sweeping is well worth the effort.
幸运的是，干清扫落叶这个活儿是值得的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. It was a methodical, unexciting chore.
那是一份按部就班、枯燥乏味的无聊差事。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He is prepared to make a living by accepting any remunerative chore.
为了生计,他准备接受任何有酬报的杂活.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Making pasta by hand with a rolling pin can be a real chore.
用擀面杖擀意大利面会是个非常枯燥乏味的活儿。

来自柯林斯例句

5. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore.
她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. She finds shopping a chore.
      她认为买东西是烦人的事。
    2. It's such a chore to change diapers.
      换尿布真是一件讨厌的事。
    3. Shopping isn't a chore, it's recreation.
      购物不是一件琐事，而是休闲。
    4. All this was done to relieve women of household chores.
      这一切都是为了把妇女从家务劳动中解放出来。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He is doing household chores.
      他正在做家务。

chore的详细讲解：

用法讲解

n. (名词)
chore, job, task, work
  • 这四个词都有“工作”的意思。其区别是：
  • task是可数名词,一般指分配的工作,也可指自愿承担的工作,尤指较困难、紧张的工作; work是不可数名词,指工作、劳动、职业、操作、运转等,这个词是一般用语,可用于各种场合; job是可数名词,指一件必须做的工作,或有报酬的工作,也可指职业,多用于口语中; chore指日常琐事,尤指家庭或农场干的杂务,家务事常用复数形式。例如:
  • He goes to work at eight.他八点钟去上班。
  • It takes a lot of work to build a house.盖一幢房子要费很大的工夫。
  • They are paid by job.他们是按件计酬。
  • I got a job with a firm.我在一家公司找到了工作。
  • Each morning she would get up, do the chores, then go next door for a talk with her neighbour.每天早晨她都起来做些家务事,然后去隔壁和邻居聊天。

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