dogsbody（名词）是一个英语俚语，指代那些做琐碎、繁重、单调工作的人，通常是为他人服务的角色，像是“跑腿”或者“杂务人员”。它也可以用来形容一个人在工作或团队中做一些不受尊重的任务，通常没有太多独立性和创意的工作。

音标：

/ˈdɒɡzbɒdi/ （英式发音）
/ˈdɔɡzbɑːdi/ （美式发音）

释义：

dogsbody（名词）: 一个低级别的员工或助手，通常负责执行繁琐的任务或杂务工作。

做跑腿的人: 任何为他人做零星琐事、跑腿或代办杂务的人。

词源：

“dogsbody”一词最早来源于19世纪海军，用来形容船员中那些负责做各种琐碎杂务的人员，类似于“海员的杂务人员”或“舰船上的劳工”。这些船员通常会做一些其他人不愿意做的工作，就像“狗的身体”一样，象征着低贱和无所不做。

用法举例：

As a new intern, she felt like a dogsbody, always running errands for the senior staff.
作为一名新实习生，她觉得自己像个跑腿工，总是为高级员工做杂务。

He hated being treated like a dogsbody, but he needed the job.
他讨厌被当作杂务人员对待，但他需要这份工作。

The manager gave him all the dogsbody tasks because he was the youngest on the team.
因为他是团队中最年轻的，所以经理把所有琐碎的任务都交给了他。

Don't be a dogsbody! You deserve to have a more meaningful role in the company.
别做跑腿的人！你值得拥有更有意义的角色。

The assistant spent most of his day doing dogsbody work, but he hoped to move up the ladder soon.
助理大部分时间都在做杂务工作，但他希望不久能晋升。

She was tired of being a dogsbody and wanted to prove her worth.
她厌倦了做跑腿工，想证明自己的价值。

The CEO's dogsbody was constantly at his side, handling his schedule and requests.
CEO的杂务人员一直陪在他身边，处理他的日程安排和各种要求。

I can't keep doing dogsbody tasks; I need a role with more responsibility.
我不能再做这些琐事了；我需要一个更有责任感的角色。

They always made him the dogsbody, even though he was the most qualified.
尽管他是最有资格的，他们总是让他做跑腿工。

She was fed up with being seen as nothing more than a dogsbody by her colleagues.
她厌倦了被同事视为只是个杂务人员。

短语搭配：

dogsbody work - 繁重、琐碎的工作
例句：I’m stuck doing all the dogsbody work in the office.

a dogsbody role - 一个低级或不受尊重的职位
例句：He started with a dogsbody role before moving up the company ranks.

play the dogsbody - 扮演跑腿工的角色
例句：In the early days of my career, I had to play the dogsbody to get ahead.

be treated like a dogsbody - 被当作跑腿的人对待
例句：She hated being treated like a dogsbody by her boss.

注意事项：

这个词带有贬义，通常用来形容一个人承担了不值得称赞或不体面的任务。尽管它原本源自海军，现如今它广泛用于指代任何工作场合中的低级角色或无足轻重的任务。