chores

英 [tʃɔːz]

美 [tʃɔrz]

n.  日常事务; 例行工作; 令人厌烦的任务; 乏味无聊的工作
chore的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 杂务;琐事
  Achoreis a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
  1. 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. 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。
• N-COUNT 家务活;家庭琐事
  Choresare tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Everybody shares in the cooking chores.
  每个人都帮着做饭。
• Did you do your chores?
  你干家务活了吗？
• I hate doing the dishes. It's so boring. I hate to do chores.
  我讨厌洗餐具。太无聊了。我讨厌做家务。
• You might believe you can play all day long and still finish your chores.
  你可能觉得你可以出去玩一整天同时还可以完成家务等杂事。
• After a long day or week, the last thing I want to do is house chores.
  经历了疲惫漫长的一天或者一周之后，我最不想干的就是家务活了。
• She mucked in with the chores and did her own washing and ironing
  她也一起做些家务杂事，并自己洗熨衣服。
• My nieces and nephews did the farm chores, so I got to sleep in.
  我的侄子侄女们包揽了农场上的所有活儿，让我美美睡了一觉。
• If cooking and cleaning seem like boring chores to you, try doing them as a form of meditation.
  如果烹饪和清洁对你来说似乎烦琐的杂务，试着用冥想的方式来完成它们。
• Everyday chores like shopping and housework take much of her time.
  购物、家务等日常杂务占去了她很多时间。
• Why should you pick on me to do the chores?
  你为什么要挑我去做那些杂务？