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单词 dirty work
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Definition of dirty work in English:

dirty work

noun
mass noun
  • Activities or tasks that are unpleasant or dishonest and given to someone else to undertake.

    脏活;难活;没人愿干的活

    you're only indispensable to your boss because you do all her dirty work
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The present government is not unique in using the armed forced as some sort of response force to do its political dirty work.
    • Moderate is not forming an army of suicide bombers, terrorists and animals to do your dirty work.
    • In every war it was the opportune time for the reactionist and commercial vulture to do his dirty work in the name of patriotism.
    • In actual fact they are trying to get Labour to do their dirty work for them.
    • State-corporate crimes may involve the state employing private companies to do its dirty work for it.
    • My next guest says she's tired of the Democratic Party calling in old war veterans to do its dirty work.
    • His life has always been a matter of others doing his dirty work for him, others bailing him out.
    • If that is right then Kerry is correct to hammer on Bush having these people do his dirty work for him.
    • They would prefer to do their dirty work under the cover of darkness.
    • ‘He's a barrister and has a way with words, so I get him to do my dirty work,’ she said.
    • Usually it is big Western armies like the American, British and French that get proxy armies to do their dirty work for them.
    • As it turned out, the man who eventually got the IRS job refused to do Nixon's dirty work.
    • What she didn't know was that her school may be helping a powerful credit card issuer do their dirty work.
    • I think what we really are at a point now is where we can't expect others to continue to do our dirty work.
    • But, it's not all dirty work or dodging bullets, her career has also brought her into contact with the stars.
    • Sure, rely on your closest friends for support, but don't let them do your dirty work.
    • Don't get crippled kids and war widows to do your dirty work!
    • Neo-liberalism, which officially began here with Mrs Thatcher, has not yet finished its dirty work.
    • They cheated their own people and used extortion against them in doing the overlords' dirty work.
    • They serve a useful function, surely, do all the nitty-gritty dirty work, and make their clients rich in the process.
    Synonyms
    menial work, drudgery, chores, donkey work

Definition of dirty work in US English:

dirty work

noun
  • Activities or tasks that are unpleasant or dishonest and given to someone else to undertake.

    脏活;难活;没人愿干的活

    you're only indispensable to your boss because you do all her dirty work
    Example sentencesExamples
    • State-corporate crimes may involve the state employing private companies to do its dirty work for it.
    • They would prefer to do their dirty work under the cover of darkness.
    • Don't get crippled kids and war widows to do your dirty work!
    • If that is right then Kerry is correct to hammer on Bush having these people do his dirty work for him.
    • But, it's not all dirty work or dodging bullets, her career has also brought her into contact with the stars.
    • Neo-liberalism, which officially began here with Mrs Thatcher, has not yet finished its dirty work.
    • ‘He's a barrister and has a way with words, so I get him to do my dirty work,’ she said.
    • What she didn't know was that her school may be helping a powerful credit card issuer do their dirty work.
    • They cheated their own people and used extortion against them in doing the overlords' dirty work.
    • I think what we really are at a point now is where we can't expect others to continue to do our dirty work.
    • Usually it is big Western armies like the American, British and French that get proxy armies to do their dirty work for them.
    • They serve a useful function, surely, do all the nitty-gritty dirty work, and make their clients rich in the process.
    • In every war it was the opportune time for the reactionist and commercial vulture to do his dirty work in the name of patriotism.
    • Moderate is not forming an army of suicide bombers, terrorists and animals to do your dirty work.
    • In actual fact they are trying to get Labour to do their dirty work for them.
    • His life has always been a matter of others doing his dirty work for him, others bailing him out.
    • As it turned out, the man who eventually got the IRS job refused to do Nixon's dirty work.
    • The present government is not unique in using the armed forced as some sort of response force to do its political dirty work.
    • Sure, rely on your closest friends for support, but don't let them do your dirty work.
    • My next guest says she's tired of the Democratic Party calling in old war veterans to do its dirty work.
    Synonyms
    menial work, drudgery, chores, donkey work
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