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work
- IPA[wəːk]
英式
- activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result；mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment
- be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work；be employed in a specified occupation or field
verb: work, 3rd person present: works, gerund or present participle: working, past tense: worked, past participle: worked
noun: work, plural noun: works
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- 片語
名詞
- 1. activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result he was tired after a day's work work is still going on in fitting out a new store 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment I'm still looking for work 同義詞
- ▪ the place where one is employed I was returning home from work on a packed subway
- ▪ the period of time one spends in paid employment he was going to the theatre after work
- ▪ West Indian a job I decided to get a work
- 2. a task or tasks to be undertaken they made sure the work was progressing smoothly 同義詞
- ▪ the materials for a task she frequently took work home with her
- ▪ British activity involving construction or repair extra costs caused by additional building works
- ▪ informal cosmetic plastic surgery between you and me, I think he's had some work done
- ▪ good or moral deeds the Clapham sect was concerned with works rather than with faith
- 3. a thing or things done or made; the result of an action her work hangs in all the main American collections the bombing had been the work of a German-based cell 同義詞
- ▪ a literary or musical composition or other piece of art a work of fiction 同義詞
- ▪ the artistic production of a particular author, composer, or artist, regarded collectively the works of Schubert fill several feet of shelf space 同義詞
- ▪ a piece of embroidery, sewing, or knitting, typically made using a specified stitch or method.
- 4. British a place or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out he found a job in the locomotive works 同義詞
- 5. the operative part of a clock or other machine she could almost hear the tick of its works 同義詞
- 6. a defensive structure just north of the fort were trenches and the freshly reconstructed patriot siege works
- 7. the exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change.
- 8. informal everything needed, desired, or expected the heavens put on a show: sheet lightning, hailstones, the works 同義詞
動詞
- 1. be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work she has been working so hard an engineer who was working on a design for a more efficient wing 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ be employed in a specified occupation or field he worked as a waiter in a rather shabby restaurant Taylor has worked in education for 17 years 同義詞
- ▪ set to or keep at work Jane is working you too hard
- ▪ practise one's occupation in or at (a particular place) I worked a few clubs and so forth
- ▪ West Indian be engaged in (a particular occupation) I worked fireman on ships
- 2. (of a machine or system) function, especially properly or effectively his phone doesn't work unless he goes to a high point 同義詞
- ▪ (with reference to a machine or machine part) be or cause to be in operation the device is designed to go into a special ‘rest’ state when it's not working teaching customers how to work a VCR 同義詞
- 3. (of a plan or method) have the desired result or effect the desperate ploy had worked 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ produce as a result with a dash of blusher here and there, you can work miracles 同義詞
- ▪ make efforts to achieve something; campaign they are dedicated to working for a better future for the generations to come
- ▪ informal arrange or contrive the chairman was prepared to work it for Phillip if he was interested
- ▪ use one's persuasive power to stir the emotions of the born politician's art of working a crowd 同義詞
- 4. bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, etc. work the mixture into a paste with your hands 同義詞
- ▪ produce artistic pieces using a particular material or medium he works in clay over a very strong frame
- ▪ produce (an article or design) using a specified material or sewing stitch the castle itself is worked in tent stitch
- ▪ cultivate (land) or extract materials from (a mine or quarry) contracts and leases to work the mines 同義詞
- 5. move or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position comb hair from tip to root, working out the knots at the end look for small parts that might work loose 同義詞
- ▪ (of a person's features) move violently or convulsively hair wild, mouth working furiously 同義詞
- ▪ make progress to windward, with repeated tacking trying to work to windward in light airs
- 6. bring into a specified emotional state Harold had worked himself into a minor rage 同義詞
片語
- all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- at work
- give someone the works
- have one's work cut out
- in the works
- make hard work of
- out of work
- set to work
- set someone to work
- a spanner in the works
- the work of —
- work one's ass off
- work one's way up
- work one's passage
- work one's way through
- work one's will on
- work the streets
- work around
- work back
- work in
- work off
- work on
- work out
- work over
- work through
- work to
- work up
