Women were still burdened with domestic drudgery.

妇女仍然为家所累。

He'd pick up on dinner drudgery sooner than those before him.

我乐意被他看穿心思。相较于那些比他更早来我家人，他会更快意会到“正餐苦役”。

We named the task dinner drudgery—and, after a while, so did most of our six-week guests.

用餐时往往会多两三位客人，有时候是邻居或亲戚，有时候是同、律师、医生等名利双收人士，前往自家夏季别墅前，顺路来拜访我父亲。有时候我们甚至向偶尔来访夫妻开放自己餐室，他们耳闻栋老别墅，纯粹想来一窥究竟。受邀与我们共餐时，他们完全像着了魔一样，跟我们聊很多自己。而时，后一分钟才接到通知马法尔达则端出她家常菜。虽然几杯玫瑰红葡萄酒（Rosatello Wine）下肚后，坐午后炎热夏日阳光下，人不免变得懒散迟钝；但是私底下内敛害羞父亲，爱听学有专长早慧之士以数种语言高谈阔论。我们把段时光称为“正餐苦役”——过不了多久，那些即将长住六周访客也会么说。

It did not look well. He would hire two others to do the drudgery and leave her as Mammy-inchief.

还要雇两个人干重活，让她当头儿。

For others, it was an experience of drudgery.

对其他人来说，做饭是苦差。

An escape from unpaid drudgery into paid work seems a distant prospect for millions of women.

从无偿劳累家务中逃离，投入到有偿工作中，对数百万女性来说似乎遥不可及。

The creative spark that had been buried under dishes, diapers and drudgery now flamed into life.

一直埋没于杯盘碟子、尿布和杂务之间创作火花现迸发出生命之光。

They're very useful technology, something that, again, will take the drudgery out of driving and give people back their time.

我认为是一项非常有用技术，自动驾驶技术会把人们从枯燥驾驶中解放出来，给人们更多自由和时间。

Unless one sets goals and develops skills, walking is just featureless drudgery.

除非设定目标并培养技能，否则行走只是单调乏味苦差。

So we're talking about the end of human drudgery.

所以我们正谈论人类苦差结束。

You can turn it into drudgery.

你可以把它变成苦差。

And I should never succeed in anything by dint of drudgery.

而且我永远不会因为苦差而取得任何成功。

That sounds pretty good in theory; leave the drudgery behind you when you close the kitchen door.

理论上听起来不错；当你关闭厨房门时， 可以把繁琐留身后。

Travel can be an escape from the routine drudgery of life.

【escape】旅行可以使人们从乏味日常生活中暂时解脱出来。

The discipline and the drudgery of a country life bored him.

乡村生活纪律和苦差让他感到厌烦。

Absolute drudgery that was also unpaid.

艰苦无比工作， 而且还没有报酬。

I liked having my mind read. He'd pick up on dinner drudgery sooner than those before him.

我喜欢读心术。他会比前人更早地开始做晚饭苦差。

For some, it’s undoubtedly an escape from the drudgery of what they’re supposed to be doing.

对于一些人来说， 无疑是一种逃避他们应该做苦差方式。

He began by a quick survey of his early years — the years of drudgery and privation.

他首先快速回顾了自己早年——那些苦役和贫困岁月。

Most of the idle rich suffer unspeakable boredom as the price of their freedom from drudgery.

多数无所阔佬免遭从单调乏味工作之苦，但代价是莫名其妙无聊。