PHRASAL VERB 机械地做 To grind something out means to produce it in a boring or routine manner. 机械地做 [informal] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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Were it not for this misfortune, he might never have been forced into the business of grinding out novels to support his family. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
要不是因为这一不幸变故，他可能永远都不会迫于无奈地开始流水线式创作小说养家糊口。
SYN produce, turn out, generate, churn out