busywork
基本解释
- 消磨时间的工作；为打发时间而布置的工作
同根派生
英汉例句
- The boss is in today, so we have to do a lot of busywork.
今天老板在，因此我们必须不忙也得装忙。
英英字典
- work that you are given or give yourself mainly so that you have something to do, rather than because it is really necessary