(of work 工作 not considered important; not needing special skills and often boring or badly paid 不需技巧的；枯燥的；报酬低的 menial jobs/work 枯燥的工作 menial tasks like cleaning the floor 擦地板这种琐碎的工作
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMenial is used with these nouns:- job
- task
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘domestic’): from Old French, from mesnee ‘household’.