The old couple have no one to do housework; they have to fend for themselves.

没有人为两位老人做; 他们得自照顾自。

Her sons were experts at getting out of housework.

儿子们很会避活。

A good deal of housework can be mechanized.

大活可用机械化操作。

She is so particular about her housework that servants will not work for her.

对活太挑剔了, 以致于佣人们不愿给干活。

She hasn't been feeling well lately and she let the housework slide.

近来一直感到不适, 对也就随它去了。

It’s difficult to do housework with the children under my feet all the time.

有孩子在身边缠着，我很难做事。

Housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative— employment work.

劳动给消极地看作是避不喜欢另一种选择——受雇工作。

Come on, let’s go out now—you can do the housework any old time.

走吧，咱们现在就出去吧，你什么时候都能做。

I indulged in an orgy of housework.

我整天埋在干不完活儿里。

She stayed with us for three weeks and didn’t once lend a hand with the housework!

在我们这儿住了三周，却从来没有帮忙做！

I can do the housework much more quickly when the children aren’t getting in my hair all the time.

要不是孩子们老烦着我话，我可以很快做完活。