drudge

英[drʌdʒ] 美[drʌdʒ]

反义词

复数: drudges;

1. 谐音“抓紧” --- 为了抓紧时间抢工期干活儿，没日没夜的，夜以继日的干活儿，当然很苦啦，当然就是做苦工啦。

drudge 苦工

可能来自endure, 忍受，忍耐。-dge, 拼写受judge, grudge,edge 等影响。

drudge: drudge: [15] No one is quite sure where drudge comes from. It is first recorded, as a noun, towards the end of the 15th century, and the verb followed about fifty years later. One possible source may be the Middle English verb drugge ‘pull laboriously’, a possible relative of English drag; another suggestion is the Old English verb drēogan ‘work’.
drudge (n.): late 15c., "one employed in mean, servile, or distasteful work," missing in Old English and Middle English, unless it is represented by Middle English druggen "do menial or monotonous work; druggunge, mid-13c., which are perhaps from Old English dreogan "to work, suffer, endure" (see endure). The verb is from 1540s. Related: Drudged; drudging. The surname is from 13c., probably from Old French dragie "a mixture of grains sown together," thus, a grower of this crop.

1. I feel like a real drudge — I've done nothing but clean all day!: 我觉得自己像个做苦工的——整天都在做清洁工作!

3. Who, on a Sunday jaunt to the shore or mountains, has not pitied some self - employed drudge?: 哪一个星期天到海滨或山上去游览的人不同情那些辛辛苦苦的个体经营者呢 ?

4. I'm a poor, miserable , forlorn drudge; I shall only drag you down with me.: 我是一个贫穷, 倒运,走投无路的苦力, 只会拖累你.

5. I tell you as a soldier that God is no man's daily drudge.: 作为一个军人,我要告诉你:上帝并不是人可以随意使唤的小工.