生活或工作中，我们经常会接到一些“苦差事”或称呼某人为“书呆子”。那英文里，“苦差事”和“书呆子”是如何表达的呢？
今天张老师推荐给大家的英语单词，就与“苦差事”和“书呆子有关！
grind /ɡraɪnd/Grind一词可以有2个词性：名词和动词。
1. Grind作为名词
a difficult or boring activity that needs a lot of effort 令人厌倦的苦事，苦差事
例如：
- Having to type up my handwritten work was a real grind. 还得把手写的作业打出来，这让我叫苦不迭。
- The daily grind of taking care of three children was wearing her down. 每天照顾3个孩子，这个苦差事把她快累垮了。
a real grind
此外，grind作为名词时，还有另外一层含义：
a boring person who studies all the time and does nothing else 只会读书的无趣之人，书呆子
例如：
- She always stays at the library, and she is really a grind. 她整天呆在图书馆，真是个书呆子
a grind
2. Grind作为动词
to make something into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces 碾碎，磨碎，把…磨成粉
过去式和过去分词：ground, ground
例如：
- to grind coffee 磨咖啡豆
- Shall I grind a little black pepper over your salad?要不要我磨一点黑胡椒粉给你撒在色拉上？
- They grind the grain into flour (= make flour by crushing grain) between two large stones. 他们把谷子放在两块大石头之间磨成粉。
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