galley slave是什么意思_galley slave的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

In 2008 he said he worked like a "galley slave" to run Russia.

2008年他曾说他像一名苦役一样为俄罗斯工作。

近义词

释义

historical a person condemned to man the oars in a galley

〈史〉（战舰上）划桨的奴隶（或囚犯）。

a person who works very hard, typically performing menial or thankless tasks

（尤指吃力不讨好的）苦力，做苦工的人

call-centre workers are the galley slaves of the twenty-first century.

　呼叫中心的工作人员是２１世纪吃力不讨好的苦力。