The manual work made a welcome change from his previous job as a telephone operator.相对于他先前电话接线员的工作而言，干体力活儿是个可喜的变化。Heavy manual work calls for strength and endurance.繁重的体力劳动需要力气和耐力。Our education aims at combining brain work with manual work.我们的教育旨在把脑体劳动结合起来。He clearly regarded manual work as beneath his dignity.他明显认为干体力活儿有失他的身份。