chore

美 [tʃɔːr]英 [tʃɔː(r)]
  • n.家务活;日常事务;例行工作;乏味无聊的工作;令人厌烦的任务

复数: chores

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noun

1

日常事务;例行工作
a task that you do regularly

doing the household/domestic chores

干家务杂活

2

令人厌烦的任务;乏味无聊的工作
an unpleasant or boring task

Shopping's a real chore for me.

对我来说,购物真是件苦差事。

These are all words for a piece of work that sb has to do.以上各词均指任务、工作。

a piece of work that sb has to do, especially a difficult or unpleasant one尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的任务、工作:

Our first task will be to set up a communications system.

我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。

tasks that are part of your job指职责、任务:

Your duties will include setting up a new computer system.

你的职责将包括建立一个新的计算机系统。

an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country指官方使命、使团的使命:

They undertook a fact-finding mission in the region.

他们承担了在该地区核查事实的工作。

a piece of work that sb has to do指一项任务、一件工作:

I've got various jobs around the house to do.

我在家里有各种各样的活儿要干。

A task may be more difficult than a job and require you to think carefully about how you are going to do it. A job may be sth small that is one of several jobs that you have to do, especially in the home; or a job can be sth that takes a long time and is boring and/or needs a lot of patience.

a task that sb is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies指分派的工作、任务、布置的作业:

You must complete three written assignments.

你必须完成三个书面作业。

a task that you have to do regularly, especially one that you do in the home and find unpleasant or boring指日常事务、例行工作、尤指令人厌烦或无聊的家务活:

household chores

家务杂活

chore

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 杂务;琐事
    A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.

    She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore...

    她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 家务活;家庭琐事
    Chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home.

    My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores.

    我和丈夫都出去工作,所以我们家务活分摊。

noun

1
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
the job of repairing the engine took several hours
the endless task of classifying the samples
the farmer's morning chores
Synonym: job task

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  1. Fortunately , the chore of leaf sweeping is well worth the effort .

    幸运的是,干清扫落叶这个活儿是值得的。

  2. Making pasta by hand with a rolling pin can be a real chore .

    用擀面杖擀意大利面会是个非常枯燥乏味的活儿。

  3. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore

    她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。

  4. It was a methodical , unexciting chore .

    那是一份按部就班、枯燥乏味的无聊差事。

  5. It 's such a chore to do the shopping every day !

    每天上街买东西真烦人!

  6. Each morning I get up and do the chore before I go out .

    我每天早晨起床后干些家务再外出。

  7. Ironing is such a tedious chore ! There 's no fun and it always takes me at least half an hour !

    (熨衣服真的是个枯燥乏味的家务活!它不仅无趣,而且总要花掉我至少要半个小时的时间!)

  8. Just as I was leaving the house , my mum sprang an extra chore on me , and I arrived late at the party .

    例句就在我要出门的时候,我妈突然给我加了一件额外的家务活,结果我参加聚会的时候迟到了。

  9. A new generation of men who see cooking more as a hobby than a household chore , and use their cooking skills to impress friends and potential partners .

    某些新一代的男性,他们热衷于烹饪胜过做家庭琐事,他们用高超的烹饪技巧震惊了朋友及潜在的客户。

  10. You are spending way too much time in completing your chore ,

    你做其他杂务用了太长时间了。

  11. Much like everything else on this little chore .

    就像其它几项琐事一样。

  12. Finish five work tasks before you do a household chore .

    整理家务之前完成五个工作任务。

  13. Chinese consumers might find keeping track of new brands a bit of chore .

    中国的消费者可能会觉得跟踪新品牌有些烦人。

  14. It 's a real chore having to go to this meeting .

    不得不去开会真是一件烦人的事。

  15. She thought it such a chore to do the shopping every day !

    她认为每天上街买东西真烦人!

  16. Then at some point in my twenties , Chinese New Year became a chore .

    后来,到了我二十多岁的时候,农历新年却变得很苦逼。

  17. Parents need to show the children what is the requirement of the household chore first .

    家长需要,以显示孩子是什么要求,家庭琐事第一。

  18. You say that like it 's a chore .

    你把它说得像一个苦差事似的。

  19. They may do their " chore " once a day or even once a week .

    他们可能一天甚至一周一次做他们的“家务活”。

  20. Several diseases make growing modern hybrid roses something of a chore in Western Washington .

    在西华盛顿地区,病害使得月季种植成为烦琐之事。

  21. I find writing reports a real chore .

    我发现写报告真的很讨厌。

  22. But the truth is , learning a language shouldn 't be a chore .

    实际上,学习语言不该是个累人的活。

  23. It is hardly a chore for English teachers .

    这对老师来说并不是件容易活儿。

  24. Many high school English teachers find teaching writing to be a tedious and unrewarding chore .

    许多中学英语老师都认为写作教学是一项费时而无显著成效的工作。

  25. Over the past decade , food has become more of an activity than a chore .

    过去十年来,食物已经越来越成为一种活动,而不是家庭杂务。

  26. Family came in second and it was a chore hanging out with them .

    家庭排在第二,和他们一起出去玩是件苦差事。

  27. For a special someone is sometimes joyous , sometimes a chore .

    为特别某人是有时欢悦的,有时差事。

  28. It 's just that people are finding it so much more of a chore these days .

    但我并不认为购物逛街就从此不再时兴了。只是人们在慢慢地发觉,购物在今天更像是一种家务活。

  29. The chore should be challenging enough to make us feel competent when we complete it .

    家务应具有足够的挑战性才会使我们在完成它们时感受到自己的能力;

  30. Your last chore is to wash that car .

    洗那部车是你最后一件差事。