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

• 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。
• His job is the assignment of the chores.
  他的工作是对杂物的分配。
• 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。
• He is doing household chores.
  他正在做家务。
• She became uncooperative: unwilling to do her homework or help with any household chores.
  她变得很不合作：不愿做作业，也不愿帮着做家务。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why should you pick on me to do the chores?
  你为什么要挑我去做那些杂务？
• But now I have been heavy work and family chores had too tired.
  但是现在的我，已经被繁重的工作和家庭琐事累得力不从心了。
• You can go and play after you've done your chores.
  你做完了日常事务就可以去玩了。