n.跑腿活儿，吃力不讨好的活儿

I'll do the legwork and find out which restaurants are open on Christmas Day.
我会做前期调查工作，找出哪些餐厅在圣诞节当天营业。
The detective assigned to the case did all the necessary legwork before cracking it wide open.
负责此案的侦探在彻底破解案件之前完成了所有必要的初步调查工作。
It takes a lot of legwork to research and contact potential sponsors for the charity event.
为慈善活动研究并联系潜在赞助商需要做大量的跑腿工作。
Our team can provide the strategy, but we need someone to handle the legwork of data collection.
我们的团队可以提供策略，但我们需要有人负责数据收集的实际操作部分。
She's great at following leads; she did all the legwork that led to our breakthrough discovery.
她擅长追踪线索；她做了所有最终导致我们重大发现的基础工作。
Before making a decision, he always does his own legwork to verify the facts.
在做出决定之前，他总是自己动手调查以核实事实。
Legwork is essential in journalism; reporters often spend more time researching than writing.
跑腿工作在新闻业中至关重要；记者们经常花在研究上的时间比写作更多。
His job mainly involves legwork such as visiting clients and attending meetings offsite.
他的工作主要涉及外出拜访客户和参加会议等实际操作环节。
Hiring an intern to do the initial legwork saved us a significant amount of time.
雇佣实习生来做初期的跑腿工作为我们节省了大量的时间。
Without the tireless legwork of volunteers, this community project would never have been completed.
如果没有志愿者们不知疲倦的实地考察与筹备工作，这个社区项目就永远不会完成。