英和和英

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ɡɹʌ̃nʔwɝk/

名詞

grunt work (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Work (especially that which is heavy, repetitive or mindless) that is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings.
   • 1990 December 9, Maida Tilchen, “Closer To Near”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 14:

     She has not only participated in the left as a star, even though she came into the role quite young. When Holly was between entertainment jobs, she volunteered for grunt work in anti-war organizations.

   He plans to hire somebody to do the grunt work of digging the trenches for the pipes.

参考

• donkey work
• God's work

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