- menial work
- черная работа
имя существительное:
черная работа (menial work, unskilled labor, common labor, spadework)
Англо-русский синонимический словарь. 2014.
menial work
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menial — me‧ni‧al [ˈmiːniəl] adjective menial work needs little skill and is badly paid: • He worked his way through college by taking menial jobs in the vacation. * * * menial UK US /ˈmiːniəl/ adjective ► used to describe work that does not need any… … Financial and business terms
menial — me|ni|al1 [ˈmi:niəl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: meiniee household , from Latin mansio; MANSION] menial work is boring, needs no skill, and is not important ▪ a menial job ▪ She did menial tasks about the house. menial 2 menial2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
menial — me|ni|al1 [ miniəl ] adjective menial work is boring or dirty and is considered to be of low status: a menial job in the kitchens menial me|ni|al 2 [ miniəl ] noun count someone who does menial work … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
menial — [[t]mi͟ːniəl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Menial work is very boring, and the people who do it have a low status and are usually badly paid. ...low paid menial jobs, such as cleaning and domestic work … English dictionary
menial — 1 adjective menial work is boring, needs no skill, and is not important menially adverb 2 noun (C) someone who does menial work, especially a servant in a house … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
menial — I. noun Date: 14th century a person doing menial work; specifically a domestic servant or retainer II. adjective Etymology: Middle English meynial, from Anglo French meignal, from mesnee, mayné household, retinue, from Vulgar Latin *mansionata,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
menial — menially, adv. /mee nee euhl, meen yeuhl/, adj. 1. lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work. 2. servile; submissive: menial attitudes. 3. pertaining to or suitable for domestic servants; humble: menial furnishings. n. 4. a domestic servant. 5.… … Universalium
menial — UK [ˈmiːnɪəl] / US [ˈmɪnɪəl] adjective menial work is boring or dirty and is considered to be of low status a menial job in the kitchens … English dictionary
menial — [ˈmiːniəl] adj menial work does not need much skill … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
menial — me•ni•al [[t]ˈmi ni əl, ˈmin yəl[/t]] adj. 1) servile; degrading: menial work[/ex] 2) of or suitable for servants; humble 3) a domestic servant • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME meynyal < AF me(i) nial me′ni•al•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
menial — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of work) requiring little skill and lacking prestige. ► NOUN ▪ a person with a menial job. ORIGIN Old French, from mesnee household … English terms dictionary
