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单词 scutwork
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Definition of scutwork in English:

scutwork

nounˈskʌtwəːk
mass nounUS informal
  • Tedious, menial work.

    〈非正式,主美〉枯燥的粗活

    he didn't see household scutwork as his responsibility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Given that they opposed the war, it's hardly reasonable to suggest that they should be eager to have all the scutwork of humanitarian aid dumped on them.
    • Despite his self-professed ‘taste for pleasure,’ Morris was a dynamo of committee work, never flinching from long nights of tedious but necessary administrative scutwork in often atrocious conditions.
    • Fourth, medical residents have been limited to 80-hour weeks so now they can't do all the scutwork themselves anymore.
    • They carry a stack of registration forms around and sign people up, volunteer at Dem HQ for whatever scutwork needs doing, cut work or school on election day to drive people around, you know the routine.

Origin

1970s: of unknown origin; compare with scut2.

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