By studying photographs, true artists, he claimed, would be relieved of menial tasks and become free to devote themselves to the more important spiritual aspects of their work.
他声称，通过研究照片，真正的艺术家能从技术含量较低的工作中解脱，自由地投身于他们工作中更重要的精神层面。
And that's really the biggest problem with seeing work as menial labor.
把工作视为一种下等劳动是一个很严重的问题。
Younger employees and those with more menial jobs were also more prone to boredom.
较年轻的职员和那些做辅助性工作的人更容易感到无聊。
But pessimists reckon that having the best and brightest working abroad, often in menial jobs, is a dreadful loss.
但悲观者却认为最好、最有前途的人都在国外工作，多数人都从事着不体面的工作，这是可怕的浪费。
There is no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.
没有枯燥的工作，只有枯燥的态度。
The systems I built during my career replaced numerous menial tasks.
我职业生涯中建设的系统替代了若干的无意义工作。
She will not be expected to dine with servants or do any menial work.
她无需和仆人一起就餐，也不必做任何杂活。
There is a positive attitude here, from the boss down to the lowliest menial.
在这里上至老板下至最低微的下人，都有很积极的态度。
Even your partner may struggle to muster enthusiasm for such a menial milestone.
即便是你的伴侣对这种微不足道的“重要事件”可能也难以激起热情。
However menial and trivial your early assignments may appear, give them your best effort.
不论你最初被安排的任务是多么卑微和琐碎，都要尽你最大的努力去完成它。
When you're transparent with your partner, you don't care about any of these menial things.
当你和你伴侣完全透明的时候，你是不会在意这些细节的。
Many people come from far away to vie for even menial jobs, just so they can live in this metropolis.
许多人远路而来，甚至争干粗活，只为能在这个大都市生活。
We don't know who our mother would have been if she hadn't worked menial jobs and raised five children.
我们都不知道，如果母亲没做那些平凡的工作，没有抚养五个孩子长大，她会有怎样的人生。
This included being given menial tasks or jobs other people didn't want to do and being overlooked for promotion.
这些严苛对待包括被指派去做一些下等的工作或者别人不愿意去做的工作，还包括在升职中被忽略等。
Being relegated to only menial tasks such as making copies, collating mailings, or functioning as the proverbial "go-for" does occur.
只是被指派一些琐碎的工作，如复印，整理邮件，或所谓的“打杂”事项，这样的事情确有发生。
Like a monk who found God by doing his menial chores with painstaking care, Allen has found meaning in the dullest tasks of our busy lives.
正如僧侣在辛勤地处理日常琐事的过程中发现了神的旨意，艾伦正是从我们日常最单调乏味的生活、工作中发现了人生的真意。
Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all in.
回顾我的第一份工作，即便我被要求去做一些看似很卑微、单调或者非常困难的事情时，我也会全力以赴。
Far from being thought a disgrace if he performs these "menial" tasks, a man is thought ridiculous if he does not know how to perform them.
做这些“粗活”绝不会让人认为不体面，不会做才是让人觉得不可思议呢。
Confucius said that he was not born with much talent and wisdom; it was just that he had to do lots of menial chores because his family was very poor.
孔子自己就说过，他并非天生多才多智，只不过是从小家庭贫贱，他必须做很多琐事罢了！
Companies like iRobot are working to bring robotics to consumers and automate menial human tasks, such as their newest product to clean roof gutters, the Looj.
像IRobot一样的公司致力于向消费者提供机器人，将乏味的人类工作自动化。例如他们的最新产品looj能够清洁屋顶排水沟。
For new migrants, meanwhile, poor English and weak formal education are huge barriers to work, crowding those women who do so into poorly-paid and menial jobs.
同时，对新移民来说，英语水平差，教育程度低也成为找工作的障碍，使这些女性集中在收入低不体面的工作种类中。
And, as one would expect of a 19th-century gentleman, he was happy to pay others to carry out menial tasks for him, such as stoking his fire and polishing his shoes.
而且，作为一个19世纪的绅士，我们可以想见，他会很乐意雇佣别人为他打杂，比方说照顾他的火炉或者为他擦皮鞋。
When I got back from France - 23 and still apparently good for nothing but menial labour - I wrote more than 200 letters to advertisers in the Guardian jobs pages, and got nothing.
当我从法国回来——23岁，依然除了体力劳动以外一无所长——我写了200多封信给《卫报》上招聘版面中的广告商，全部杳无回音。
More broadly, the idea that modern technology eliminates only menial jobs, that well-educated workers are clear winners, may dominate popular discussion, but it's actually decades out of date.
更广泛地说，那种认为现代技术只会淘汰体力工作，良好教育的工作人员肯定成为赢家的观点，可以占据流行的讨论，但实际上已经过时好几十年了。
More broadly, the idea that modern technology eliminates only menial jobs, that well-educated workers are clear winners, may dominate popular discussion, but it's actually decades out of date.
更广泛地说，那种认为现代技术只会淘汰体力工作，良好教育的工作人员肯定成为赢家的观点，可以占据流行的讨论，但实际上已经过时好几十年了。
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