hackwork meaning in English
n.
(为了挣钱的)卖文工作；(为了卖钱的)劣等作品。
Examples
- He, too, had his hackwork .
他也写过纯粹为了糊口的东西。 - In a way, he was the "poor-devil author" of whom washington irving wrote a sympathetic sketch, the man who from vast dreams of literary fame descends to ignominious hackwork .
他有几分象欧文笔下令人惋惜的那个“可怜巴巴的作家，”从天才梦堕落为雇佣文人。