1 VERB 工作;从业;就职 People who
work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
工作;从业;就职 -
Weiner works for the US Department of Transport.
韦纳就职于美国交通部。
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I started working in a recording studio. [VERB prep./adv.]
我开始在一个录音棚工作。
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Where do you work?. [VERB prep./adv.]
你在哪儿工作?
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He worked as a bricklayer's mate. [VERB + as]
他给瓦工打下手。
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I want to work, I don't want to be on welfare. [VERB]
我想去工作,不想吃救济。
SYN be employed, do business, have a job, earn a living
2 N-UNCOUNT [oft in/out of N] 工作;职业 People who have
work or who are
in work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
工作;职业 -
Fewer and fewer people are in work.
就业人数越来越少。
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I was out of work at the time.
那时我失业了。
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She'd have enough money to provide for her children until she could find work.
她在找到工作前应该有足够的钱供养孩子。
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What kind of work do you do? [VERB prep./adv.]
你是做什么工作的?
3 VERB 工作;劳动;干活 When you
work, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job.
工作;劳动;干活 -
I can't talk to you right now—I'm working. [VERB]
这会儿我不能跟你说话—我在干活儿。
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He was working at his desk. [VERB]
他正在桌前用功。
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Some firms expect the guards to work twelve hours a day. [VERB noun]
有些公司要求保安每天工作12小时。
SYN task,
jobs,
projects,
commissions Usage Note :
The verb work has a different meaning in the continuous tenses than it does in the simple tenses. You use the continuous tenses, with the '-ing' form, to talk about a temporary job, but the simple tenses to talk about a permanent job. For example, if you say 'I'm working in London', this suggests that the situation is temporary and you may soon move to a different place. If you say 'I work in London', this suggests that London is your permanent place of work.
动词 work 用于进行时和一般时时意义不同。用于进行时表示工作是临时性的,例如,I'm working in London (我目前在伦敦工作)暗示这种情形是暂时的,可能很快就会迁移到另一个地方。用于一般时则表示工作是固定的,例如,I work in London (我在伦敦工作),暗示伦敦是固定的工作地点。
4 N-UNCOUNT 工作;活儿;活计 Your
work consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job.
工作;活儿;活计 -
We're supposed to be running a business here. I've got work to do.
我们在这里应该是要经营公司。我有一堆的事情要做。
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I used to take work home, but I don't do it any more.
我过去常把活儿带回家干,不过我如今再也不这么做了。
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There have been days when I have finished work at 2pm.
有一段时间我凌晨两点才干完活儿。
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...an image of teaching which highlighted the stressful and difficult aspects of the teacher's work.
突出显示了教师工作的压力和困难的教学场景
SYN task,
jobs,
projects,
commissions 5 VERB 努力干;用功 When you
work, you spend time and effort doing a task that needs to be done or trying to achieve something.
努力干;用功 -
Linda spends all her time working on the garden. [VERB prep.]
琳达把所有时间都花在打理花园上。
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While I was working on my letter the telephone rang. [VERB prep.]
我正在写信,电话铃响了。
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Leonard was working at his German. His mistakes made her laugh. [VERB prep.]
伦纳德正在学习德语,他出的洋相让她哈哈大笑。
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The most important reason for coming to university is to work for a degree. [VERB prep.]
上大学最重要的原因就是要拿个学位。
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The government expressed hope that all the sides will work towards a political solution. [VERB prep.]
政府表示希望各方共同努力,制订出政治解决方案。
Work is also a noun.
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There was a lot of work to do on their house.
他们的房子有很多地方需要收拾。
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We hadn't appreciated how much work was involved in organizing a wedding.
我们没有意识到筹备婚礼有多少事情要做。
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He said that the peace plan would be rejected because it needed more work.
他说和平计划会被否决,因为还需要进一步修改。
6 N-UNCOUNT [usu to/at N] 工作单位;工作地点 Work is the place where you do your job.
工作单位;工作地点 7 N-UNCOUNT 工作成果 Work is something which you produce as a result of an activity or as a result of doing your job.
工作成果 -
It can help to have an impartial third party look over your work.
让客观公正的第三方看一下你的成果会有助益。
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Tidiness in the workshop is really essential for producing good work.
工作间干净整洁对于生产出好的产品非常重要。
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That's a beautiful piece of work. You should be proud of it.
那件作品非常漂亮,你应当为之自豪。
8 N-COUNT (艺术家、作家、作曲家等的)作品;著作 A
work is something such as a painting, book, or piece of music produced by an artist, writer, or composer.
(艺术家、作家、作曲家等的)作品;著作 -
In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatest work.
我认为这是伦勃朗最伟大的作品。
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Under his arm, there was a book which looked like the complete works of Shakespeare.
他胳膊底下夹着一本书,看上去就像是夹了《莎士比亚全集》。
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The church has several valuable works of art.
教堂有几件珍贵的艺术品。
9 VERB 研究;对…作调查 If someone
is working on a particular subject or question, they are studying or researching it.
研究;对…作调查 10 VERB 协助;帮助 If you
work with a person or a group of people, you spend time and effort trying to help them in some way.
协助;帮助 11 VERB (机器或设备)运转,运行 If a machine or piece of equipment
works, it operates and performs a particular function.
(机器或设备)运转,运行 -
The pump doesn't work and we have no running water. [VERB]
水泵坏了,我们没有自来水了。
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Is the telephone working today?. [VERB]
电话今天能用吗?
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Ned turned on the lanterns, which worked with batteries. [VERB prep./adv.]
内德打开开关亮起了装电池的灯笼。
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How does the gun work? [VERB prep./adv.]
这枪怎么用?
12 VERB 奏效;成功 If an idea, system, or way of doing something
works, it is successful, effective, or satisfactory.
奏效;成功 -
95 per cent of these diets do not work. [VERB]
这些节食方法95%都不起作用。
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If lust is all there is to hold you together, the relationship will never work. [VERB]
如果肉欲是你们在一起的唯一理由,这种关系是不会持久的。
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I shouldn't have come, I knew it wouldn't work. [VERB]
我不应该来,我知道这起不了什么作用。
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A methodical approach works best. [VERB adv.]
有条不紊的方法效果最佳。
13 VERB (药物)起作用,产生疗效 If a drug or medicine
works, it produces a particular physical effect.
(药物)起作用,产生疗效 -
I wake at 6 am as the sleeping pill doesn't work for more than nine hours. [VERB]
安眠药的药效不会超过9个小时,所以我清晨6点就醒了。
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The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain. [VERB prep./adv.]
这种药物通过提高大脑中血清素的含量来产生疗效。
14 VERB 产生(有利或不利的)影响 If something
works in your favour, it helps you in some way. If something
works to your disadvantage, it causes problems for you in some way.
产生(有利或不利的)影响 15 VERB 对…产生(神奇的影响);使…深受(魅力感染) If something or someone
works their magic or
works their charms
on a person, they have a powerful positive effect on them.
对…产生(神奇的影响);使…深受(魅力感染) -
Nevertheless, she is always optimistic about the possibilities and can work her charm on the disenchanted. [VERB noun + on]
虽然如此,她总是乐观地抱持希望,并能深深地感染那些心灰意冷的人。
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Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic. [VERB noun]
苦中带甜的酒发挥了奇效,我们的精神随之振奋起来。
16 VERB (脑筋)转动,开动 If your mind or brain
is working, you are thinking about something or trying to solve a problem.
(脑筋)转动,开动 -
My mind was working frantically, running over the events of the evening. [VERB]
我的大脑疯狂地运转,把那晚发生的事情飞快地一幕幕重演。
17 VERB 以(某种假定或思想)为基础(或前提) If you
work on an assumption or idea, you act as if it were true or base other ideas on it, until you have more information.
以(某种假定或思想)为基础(或前提) 18 VERB 在(某地或某类场所)工作;在…奔波 If you
work a particular area or type of place, you travel around that area or work in those places as part of your job, for example trying to sell something there.
在(某地或某类场所)工作;在…奔波 -
Brand has been working the clubs and the pubs since 1986, developing her comedy act. [VERB noun]
布兰德自1986年以来一直在俱乐部和酒吧表演,提高她的喜剧演技。
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This is the seventh year that he has worked the streets of Manhattan. [VERB noun]
这是他在曼哈顿街头献艺的第7个年头。
19 VERB 让…干活;让…工作 If you
work someone, you make them spend time and effort doing a particular activity or job.
让…干活;让…工作 [Also VERB n] -
They're working me too hard. I'm too old for this. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
他们把我用得太狠了,我老了,干不了这种活儿啦。
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They didn't take my father away, but kept him in the village and worked him to death. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
他们没有把我爸爸带走,而是一直让他在村里干活,把他活活累死了。
20 VERB (常指政客或艺人)博得,赢得(众人的支持或欢心) If someone, often a politician or entertainer,
works a crowd, they create a good relationship with the people in the crowd and get their support or interest.
(常指政客或艺人)博得,赢得(众人的支持或欢心) -
The Prime Minister has an ability to work a crowd — some might even suggest it is a kind of charm. [VERB noun]
首相有种感召人群的本事—有些人甚至认为这是一种魅力。
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He worked the room like a politician, gripping hands, and slapping backs. [VERB noun]
他又是握手,又是拍背,像个政客一样把一屋子的人都笼络了一番。
21 VERB 种,耕种(地) When people
work the land, they do all the tasks involved in growing crops.
种,耕种(地) 22 VERB 开采(矿) When a mine
is worked, minerals such as coal or gold are removed from it.
开采(矿) -
The mines had first been worked in 1849, when gold was discovered in California. [be VERB-ed]
1849年加利福尼亚发现金矿时,这些矿第一次被开采。
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Only an agreed number of men was allowed to work any given seam at any given time. [VERB noun]
只有少数得到批准的人可以在特定时间开采特定的矿层。
23 VERB 使用,操纵(机器或设备) If you
work a machine or piece of equipment, you use or control it.
使用,操纵(机器或设备) 24 VERB 慢慢变成;逐渐变得 If something
works into a particular state or condition, it gradually moves so that it is in that state or condition.
慢慢变成;逐渐变得 25 VERB 按,压,揉(面团、黏土等) If you
work a substance such as dough or clay, you keep pressing it to make it have a particular texture.
按,压,揉(面团、黏土等) -
Work the dough with the palm of your hand until it is very smooth. [VERB noun]
用手掌将面团揉至光滑为止。
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Remove rind from the cheese and work it to a firm paste, with a fork. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
将奶酪的外皮去掉,用叉子将其压成硬硬的膏状。
26 VERB 加工;处理 If you
work a material such as metal, leather, or stone, you cut, sew, or shape it in order to make something or to create a design.
加工;处理 -
...the machines needed to extract and work the raw stone. [VERB noun]
开采加工原石的机器
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...a long, cool tunnel of worked stone. [VERB-ed]
一条跨度长且阴凉的石凿隧道
27 VERB 使用,采用(某种材料或物质) If you
work with a particular substance or material, you use it in order to make something or to create a design.
使用,采用(某种材料或物质) 28 V-ERG (使)(身体某部分)活动 If you
work a part of your body, or if it
works, you move it.
(使)(身体某部分)活动 29 N-COUNT-COLL [with singular or plural verb, usually n NOUN, NOUN n] 工厂 A
works is a place where something is manufactured or where an industrial process is carried out.
Works is used to refer to one or to more than one of these places.
工厂 30 N-PLURAL 土木工程;建筑工程 Works are activities such as digging the ground or building on a large scale.
土木工程;建筑工程 31 N-SING [the NOUN] (某种类型的)全部物件,全套物品 You can say
the works after listing things such as someone's possessions or requirements, to emphasize that they possess or require everything you can think of in a particular category.
(某种类型的)全部物件,全套物品 [informal, emphasis] -
Amazing place he's got there—squash courts, swimming pool, jacuzzi, the works.
他的那个地方真是太棒了—壁球场、游泳池、按摩浴池,一应俱全。
33 PHRASE 干活儿;做工作;忙着做事 If someone is
at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
干活儿;做工作;忙着做事 -
The salvage teams are already hard at work trying to deal with the spilled oil.
救援队已经在紧张地设法处理溢出的石油。
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He is currently at work on a novel.
他这会儿正忙着写一篇小说。
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Television cameras were invited in to film him at work.
电视台摄像师被请进来拍摄他工作的镜头。
34 PHRASE 起作用;发挥效用 If a force or process is
at work, it is having a particular influence or effect.
起作用;发挥效用 -
The report suggested that the same trend was at work in politics.
这份报告表明,同一趋势也在影响着政治。
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It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces at work behind our own actions.
重要的是,要理解在我们自身行动背后起作用的强大的经济和社会力量。
35 PHRASE (做…)有很大困难,困难重重 If you say that you will
have your
work cut out to do something, you mean that it will be a very difficult task.
(做…)有很大困难,困难重重 -
The new administration has its work cut out for it. Creating jobs in this kind of environment is not going to be easy. [+ for]
新一届政府面临重重困难。在这种环境下创造就业机会绝非易事。
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He will have his work cut out to get into the team.
他要进入该队困难重重。
36 PHRASE 已列入计划;已开始 If something is
in the works, it has already been planned or begun.
已列入计划;已开始 [mainly US] -
He said there were dozens of economic plans in the works.
他说有几十项经济计划已经开始实施。
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Nobody should be surprised by this. It's been in the works for some time.
不应该有人对此感到惊奇,这事已经张罗了有一阵子了。
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 in the pipeline
37 PHRASE (费力或轻而易举地)做,完成 You can use
work to talk about how easily or quickly a particular task is done. For example, if a person or thing
makes short
work of doing something or
makes light
work of it, they do it quickly and easily.
(费力或轻而易举地)做,完成 -
An aerosol spray will make short work of painting awkward objects.
用喷罐来喷涂,不好对付的物品也能轻松搞定。
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This horse made light work of the cross-country course.
这匹马轻松地跑完了越野赛程。
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Australia made hard work of beating them.
澳大利亚队非常艰难地击败了他们。
38 PHRASE 讨厌鬼;恶棍 If you describe someone as
a nasty piece of work, you think they are very unpleasant or cruel.
讨厌鬼;恶棍 39 PHRASE 让…工作;派给…任务 If you
put someone
to work or
set them
to work, you give them a job or task to do.
让…工作;派给…任务 -
By stimulating the economy, we're going to put people to work.
我们将通过刺激经济让人们实现就业。
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Instead of sending them to prison, we have set them to work helping the lemon growers.
我们没有把他们送进监狱,而是让他们帮种柠檬的果农干活儿。
40 PHRASE 开始做;着手处理 If you
get to work ,
go to work, or
set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
开始做;着手处理 41 PHRASE 艰难地移动;缓慢地取得进展 If you
work your
way somewhere, you move or progress there slowly, and with a lot of effort or work.
艰难地移动;缓慢地取得进展 -
Rescuers were still working their way towards the trapped men.
营救人员仍在艰难地向被困者靠拢。
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Many personnel managers started as secretaries or personnel assistants and worked their way up.
很多人事经理最初是从秘书或人事助理做起,然后慢慢升上去的。
42 CONVENTION 干得不错;干得漂亮 You can say to someone '
nice work' or '
good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
干得不错;干得漂亮 [formulae] 43 to
throw a spanner in the works→see: spanner Quotations
I just don't happen to think [work]'s an appropriate subject for an ethic Barbara Ehrenreich Goodbye to the Work Ethic Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion N. Northcote Parkinson Parkinson's Law I mean, really: Why work? Simply to buy more stuff? Douglas Coupland Generation X Work is the curse of the drinking classes Oscar Wilde Work is the great cure of all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind Thomas Carlyle If any would not work, neither should he eat Bible: II Thessalonians All that matters is love and work attributed to Sigmund Freud Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing Robert Benchley Thesaurus | work Also look up: |
VERB. | labour 1 3 5 function, go, operate, perform, run 11 12 |
N. | business, craft, job, occupation, profession, trade, vocation; (ant.) entertainment, fun, pastime 2 4 |
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