hard boring work 乏味的重活 She has assistants to do the grunt work like research and proofreading. 她有助手做搜集资料和校对之类的苦差事。 There’s a lot of grunt work involved in the assignment. 这项任务涉及许多繁重的工作。 I was used to grunt work but pouring concrete was the worst. 我习惯于繁重的工作,但浇注混凝土是最糟糕的。 He has done the grunt work, sifting through thousands of official records. 他完成了筛选数千个官方记录的苦差事。