menial [ˈminiəl, ˈminjəl]

例句:

• He was forced to take a series of menial jobs.
  他被迫做一连串琐碎的杂活.
  
• Hurstwood is hired by a different hotel to do menial jobs.
  赫斯特伍德却在另一家旅馆里打杂.
  
• It delighted him to perform menial offices.
  履行仆人的职责使他心花怒放.
  
• You are given something very menial, she says.
  来自WSJ
• He could hardly ask her to do such menial work.
  来自B. Pym
• His nature was so menial that he was unhappy without dust-pan and brush.
  来自S. Spender