Women were still burdened with domestic drudgery.

妇女仍然为家事所累。

We named the task dinner drudgery—and, after a while, so did most of our six-week guests.

用餐时往往会多两三位客人，有时候是邻居或亲戚，有时候是同事、律师、医生等名利双收人士，在前往自家的夏季别墅前，顺路来拜访我父亲。有时候我们甚至向偶尔来访的夫妻开放自己的餐室，他们耳闻这栋老别墅，纯粹想来一窥究竟。受邀与我们共餐时，他们完全像着了魔一样，跟我们聊很多自己的事情。而这时，总在最后一分钟才接到通知的马法尔达则端出她的家常菜。虽然几杯玫瑰红葡萄酒（Rosatello Wine）下肚后，坐在午后炎热的夏日阳光下，人不免变得懒散迟钝；但是私底下内敛害羞的父亲，最爱听学有专长的早慧之士以数种语言高谈阔论。我们总把这段时光称为“正餐苦役”——过不了多久，那些即将长住六周的访客也会这么说。

For others, it was an experience of drudgery.

对其他人来说，做饭是苦差事。

It did not look well. He would hire two others to do the drudgery and leave her as Mammy-inchief.

还要雇两个人干重活，让她当头儿。

An escape from unpaid drudgery into paid work seems a distant prospect for millions of women.

从无偿的劳累家务中逃离，投入到有偿工作中，对数百万女性来说似乎遥不可及。

He'd pick up on dinner drudgery sooner than those before him.

我乐意被他看穿心思。相较于那些比他更早来我家的人，他会更快意会到“正餐苦役”。

They're very useful technology, something that, again, will take the drudgery out of driving and give people back their time.

我认为这是一项非常有用的技术，自动驾驶技术会把人们从枯燥的驾驶中解放出来，给人们更多的自由和时间。

The creative spark that had been buried under dishes, diapers and drudgery now flamed into life.

一直埋没于杯盘碟子、尿布和杂务之间的创作火花现在迸发出生命之光。

So we're talking about the end of human drudgery.

所以我们正在谈论人类苦差事的结束。

Absolute drudgery that was also unpaid.

艰苦无比的工作， 而且还没有报酬。