chore
noun/tʃɔː(r)/
/tʃɔːr/
- a task that you do regularly
日常事务；例行工作 - doing the household/domestic chores
干家务杂活
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1- The kids all help out with the household chores.
孩子们都帮忙做家务。 - Of all the household chores, I hate ironing most.
所有的家务事中，我最不喜欢熨衣服。 - You can go out to play when you've finished your chores.
做完家务你就可以出去玩。 - Working women still do about 70% of domestic chores.
职业女性仍然承担大约 70% 的家务活。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- daily
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
- doing the household/domestic chores
- [usually singular] an unpleasant or boring task
令人厌烦的任务；乏味无聊的工作 - Shopping's a real chore for me.
对我来说，购物真是件苦差事。 - I find shopping a real chore.
对我来说，购物真是件苦差事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- daily
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
- Shopping's a real chore for me.
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally dialect and US): variant of obsolete char or chare ‘a turn of work, an odd job, chore’.