1·She will not be expected to dine with servants or do any menial work.
她无需和仆人一起就餐,也不必做任何杂活。
2·The single mother has no choice but do the menial work of washing dishes for a restaurant.
这个单亲妈妈没选择的只能做在饭店洗碗的卑微工作。
3·The young have all moved out. Many live two hours away in the coastal city of Xiamen, where they largely do menial work.
年轻人都搬出去了,很多住在两个小时车程外的沿海城市厦门,大部分在那里从事着卑微的体力劳动。
4·Among its supporters is Marta Kubisova, a much-loved singer who was forced into menial work after the Soviet-led invasion of 1968.
备受喜爱的歌手玛尔塔•库碧索娃(Marta Kubisova)便是众多支持者之一。1968年,以苏联为首的华约成员国入侵当时的捷克斯洛伐克后,她被迫去做粗活维持生计。
5·Unpaid internships seem to be an example of mutual utility: inexperienced youngsters learn something about a chosen field while employers get to farm out some menial work.
无薪实习看上去倒是一个互惠互利的双赢选择:缺乏经验的年轻人可以学习所选方向的东西,雇主们也可以把脏活累活扔给实习生。
6·Hepburn turned to acting in 1948 to help pay the bills — her mother, an aristocrat, was already doing menial work, and Hepburn, though trained in dance, was too tall to be a prima ballerina.
赫本在1948年开始用表演来帮忙支付账单——她的母亲,是个贵族但是已经开始做女用的工作,而赫本,尽管受到舞蹈培训,但是因为她太高而不能成为芭蕾剧中的主要演员。
7·By studying photographs, true artists, he claimed, would be relieved of menial tasks and become free to devote themselves to the more important spiritual aspects of their work.
他声称,通过研究照片,真正的艺术家能从技术含量较低的工作中解脱,自由地投身于他们工作中更重要的精神层面。
8·Others find work as cleaners. Menial jobs are always available.
另外一些人则是清洁工,这些卑微的工作总是能找到的。
9·And that's really the biggest problem with seeing work as menial labor.
把工作视为一种下等劳动是一个很严重的问题。
10·More recent arrivals moan that it is tough to find work, even the menial sort.
最近到来的人抱怨甚至是佣人的工作都难找。