英语俚语天天说 第274期:"Donkey work"是"驴的工作"吗?

 　　介绍:

　　[英]donkey work

　　[美]dirty work

　　英文释义

　　A work which is hard, repetitive and boring.

　　一个重复性的，辛苦的，无聊的工作。

　　例句

　　I really hate it that I have to do all the dirty work while my colleagues¹ take long vacations.

　　我在做脏活累活，但我的同事却在休长假，真是太讨厌了！

　　[英]donkey's years

　　=a long time

　　很长时间

　　He's been living in that small town for donkey's years.

　　他已经在那个小镇上住了很长时间了。

　　work like a horse

　　拼命地工作

　　work very hard

　　I have an important deadline² coming up, so I've been working like a horse.

　　我有个截止日期马上到了，所以一直以来都在拼命工作。

　　a long day

　　很忙的一天

　　It was a long day.

　　I've had a long day.。

1 colleagues   

n.同事，同僚( colleague的名词复数 )；同人

参考例句：

• He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision. 他想与他的同事先商议一下再作出决定。
• She is held in high esteem by her colleagues. 她深受同事的敬重。

2 deadline   

n.最后期限，截止日期

参考例句：

• Next week is the deadline for sending in your application.呈递申请书的截止日期是下星期。
• I want the report ready for the three o'clock deadline.我希望报告最迟在三点之前准备好。