"do chores" 是英语中常用的动词短语,意为“做家务;处理日常杂务”。
其中:
chore /tʃɔː(r)/ 是可数名词,指“日常的、重复性的家务活/杂务”(如洗碗、扫地、倒垃圾等);
"do" 在这里表示“执行、完成”,所以整个短语强调“完成具体的家务任务”。
"do chores" 是实义动词短语,可在句中作谓语,具体用法如下:
肯定句:主语 + do/does/did + chores + 其他。
例:
I do chores every evening after dinner.(我每天晚饭后做家务。)
She does chores for her grandma on weekends.(她周末帮奶奶做家务。)
They did chores together yesterday.(他们昨天一起做了家务。)
否定句:主语 + don't/doesn't/didn't + do chores + 其他。
例:
He doesn't do chores very often.(他不常做家务。)
We didn't do chores last night—we went out instead.(我们昨晚没做家务,反而出去了。)
疑问句:Do/Does/Did + 主语 + do chores + 其他?
例:
Do you do chores at home?(你在家做家务吗?)
Did she do chores before leaving?(她出门前做家务了吗?)
help (sb.) do chores:帮(某人)做家务
例:Could you help me do chores?(你能帮我做家务吗?)
have to / need to do chores:不得不/需要做家务
例:I have to do chores before my parents come back.(我得在父母回来前做家务。)
like / hate to do chores:喜欢/讨厌做家务
例:My little brother hates to do chores—he thinks it's boring.(我弟弟讨厌做家务,他觉得很无聊。)
do the chores:(特指)做那些家务(加定冠词the,表示具体的、双方都知道的家务)
例:Can you do the chores I left on the kitchen table?(你能做我留在厨房桌上的那些家务吗?)
两者都表示“做家务”,但:
do chores 更强调具体的、零散的杂务(如倒垃圾、叠衣服、擦桌子等);
do housework 更泛指所有家务活动(范围更广,包括打扫整个房子、做饭等)。
例:
She spends an hour doing chores (e.g., washing dishes, taking out trash) every day.(她每天花一小时做具体杂务。)
My mom usually does housework (e.g., cleaning the house, cooking) on Sundays.(我妈妈周日通常做全家务。)
"do chores" 是“做家务”的常用表达,侧重具体的日常杂务,可灵活用于各种时态和句式,搭配常见的助动词(do/does/did)、情态动词(can/could/have to等)或介词短语(for sb. / on weekends等)。
简单记忆:想表达“做具体的家务活”,就用"do chores"!