Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.

• :从人类(具有)创造性的初期，人们就发明了越来越聪明的工具来对付那些危险、乏味、繁重，甚至是仅仅令人讨厌的工作。