chore
/tʃɔː(r)/noun
1- a routine task, especially a household one日常零星工作（尤指家庭杂事）。
1.1
- an unpleasant but necessary task例行工作：
he sees interviews as a chore.
他视采访为例行工作。
词源
mid 18th cent. (originally dialect and US)： variant of obsolete char or chare （see CHARWOMAN）.