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

• His job is the assignment of the chores.
  他的工作是对杂物的分配。
• 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。
• He may also perform small chores for the guests such as mailing letters and packages.
  有时，他也为客人做些杂事，如邮寄信件和包裹等。
• It's a home-service robot that may someday help you with everyday chores.
  它是一个家用服务机器人，将来有一天它可能可以帮你做每天的家务活。
• 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。
• The kids have gone off to school and the adults have just finished their morning household chores.
  孩子们上学去了，大人们也刚刚干完了上午的家务活。
• 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？
• We deserted our chores to go see a movie.
  我们开了个小差，去看了场电影。
• 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。