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Work   [V N Verb 动词 Ing I Ed

英语单词 work
英美音标 英 [wɜːk] 美 [wɜːrk]
中文释义 n.工作;职业;工作内容;职责;活计;工作所需的材料;工作地点;努力;工作成果;行为结果;作品
v.工作;做事;使工作;争取;管理;运行;操作;奏效;产生…影响;造成;抽搐;逐渐移动
[复]works:工厂;修建;机器部件;全套物品
英语例句 (1) She had been out of work for a year.
(2) It's difficult to find work in present economic climate.
(3) My line of work pays pretty well.
(4) Tell me something about your daily work.
(5) Police work involves so much paperwork these days.
(6) There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
(7) She often brings work (eg files, documents) home with her from the office.
(8) Living near work is very convenient.
(9) It takes hard work to achieve success.
(10) It was a terrible piece of work you turned in the other day.
(11) Roth says official misconduct cannot be dismissed as the work of a few bad apples.
(12) He has read many of Hemingway's works.
(13) She works for an engineering company.
(14) He has worked in the factory since last year.
(15) He is working on a new novel.
(16) She worked herself to a frazzle.
(17) We must work for equal rights for everyone.
(18) He works a large area(= selling a company's goods, etc.).
(19) Your car radio works very well.
(20) Do you know how to work the coffee machine?
(21) The medicine worked.
(22) Your age can work against you in this job.
(23) The solidity of the evidence worked in his favor.
(24) Her exercise programme has worked miracles for her.
(25) Her face worked as she stared at him in terror.
(26) Rain has worked in through the roof.
(27) It will take a while for the drug to work out of your system.
中文例句 (1) 她已失业一年了。
(2) 在目前这种经济气候下很难找到工作。
(3) 我的职业报酬颇丰厚。
(4) 告诉我你每天的工作内容。
(5) 现在警察也要做大量的文书工作。
(6) 园子里有许多事要做。
(7) 她常把办公室的工作带回家去做(如文件等)。
(8) 在工作地点附近居住非常方便。
(9) 成功需要努力工作。
(10) 那天你交的作业太糟糕了。
(11) 罗思说,官方的胡作非为决不能被忽略为仅仅是几个坏家伙的行为。
(12) 他读过许多海明威的作品。
(13) 她在一家工程技术公司工作
(14) 从去年开始,他就在工厂里工作。
(15) 他正在写一本新的小说。
(16) 她工作得疲惫不堪。
(17) 我们必须为每个人争取同等的权利。
(18) 他负责一个大地区的工作。
(19) 你的汽车收音机性能很好。
(20) 你会使用咖啡机吗?
(21) 药物奏效了。
(22) 你的年纪会妨碍你干这个工作。
(23) 那项证据的确凿性对他有利。
(24) 她的健身计划对她很有效。
(25) 她惊恐地注视着他,脸也吓得抽动起来。
(26) 雨水透过房顶逐渐渗进屋子里。
(27) 这药得需要一段时间才能排出你的体外。
vocabulary简明 The word work has many shades of meaning, but most involve putting in an effort of some sort. You're not going to become an Olympic ice skater overnight. You'll need to do a serious amount of work to get there.
vocabulary扩展 When you say you have to go to work, work is a noun meaning your workplace. The actual tasks you perform at your workplace — what you get paid for — are also called work. Your work might consist of answering the phone or baking bread or doing the accounting. Work can also be a verb describing doing some kind of activity, often one associated with your job. It's a bummer to work on Saturday when you already worked all week.
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[VERB 动词]工作;从业;就职 People who work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V as n]
  [V]
  • Weiner works for the US Department of Transport...

    韦纳就职于美国交通部。

  • I started working in a recording studio...

    我开始在一个录音棚工作。

  • Where do you work?...

    你在哪儿工作?

  • He worked as a bricklayer's mate...

    他给瓦工打下手。

  • I want to work, I don't want to be on welfare.

    我想去工作,不想吃救济。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]工作;职业 People who have work or who are in work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
  [oft in/out of N]
  • Fewer and fewer people are in work...

    就业人数越来越少。

  • I was out of work at the time...

    那时我失业了。

  • 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。

  • What kind of work do you do?

    你是做什么工作的?

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[VERB 动词]工作;劳动;干活 When you work, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job.
  [V]
  [V n]
  • I can't talk to you right now—I'm working...

    这会儿我不能跟你说话——我在干活儿。

  • He was working at his desk...

    他正在桌前用功。

  • Some firms expect the guards to work twelve hours a day.

    有些公司要求保安每天工作12小时。

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。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]工作;活儿;活计 Your work consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job.
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • ...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

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V prep]
  [with supp]
  • Linda spends all her time working on the garden...

    琳达把所有时间都花在打理花园上。

  • While I was working on my letter the telephone rang...

    我正在写信,电话铃响了。

  • Leonard was working at his German. His mistakes made her laugh...

    伦纳德正在学习德语,他出的洋相让她哈哈大笑。

  • The most important reason for coming to university is to work for a degree...

    上大学最重要的原因就是要拿个学位。

  • The government expressed hope that all the sides will work towards a political solution.

    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.
    • 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。

    • 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。

    • 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。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]工作单位;工作地点 Work is the place where you do your job.
  [usu to/at N]
  • Many people travel to work by car...

    很多人开车去上班。

  • She told her friends at work that she was trying to lose weight.

    她跟单位的朋友说她在努力减肥。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]工作成果 Work is something which you produce as a result of an activity or as a result of doing your job.
  [oft poss/adj N]
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
  [usu with supp]
  • In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatest work...

    我认为这是伦勃朗最伟大的作品。

  • 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》。

  • The church has several valuable works of art.

    教堂有几件珍贵的艺术品。

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[VERB 动词]研究;对…作调查 If someone is working on a particular subject or question, they are studying or researching it.
  [V on n]
  • Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules of this type.

    邦尼特教授多年来一直在从事这种分子的研究工作。

  • Work is also a noun.
    • Their work shows that one-year-olds are much more likely to have allergies if either parent smokes.

      他们的研究表明,如果父母中有一人吸烟,一岁婴儿患过敏的可能性就会大大增加。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V with/among n]
  • She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer...

    她有一段时间曾帮助垂危的癌症患者。

  • He knew then that he wanted to work among the poor.

    他那时明白了自己想帮助穷人。

  • Work is also a noun.
    • ...a highly respected priest who is noted for his work with the poor...

      以救助穷人闻名的备受尊敬的教士

    • She became involved in social and relief work among the refugees.

      她参加了帮助难民的社会救济工作。

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[VERB 动词](机器或设备)运转,运行 If a machine or piece of equipment works, it operates and performs a particular function.
  [V]
  [V prep/adv]
  • The pump doesn't work and we have no running water...

    水泵坏了,我们没有自来水了。

  • Is the telephone working today?...

    电话今天能用吗?

  • Ned turned on the lanterns, which worked with batteries...

    内德打开开关亮起了装电池的灯笼。

  • How does the gun work?

    这枪怎么用?

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[VERB 动词]奏效;成功 If an idea, system, or way of doing something works, it is successful, effective, or satisfactory.
  [V]
  [V adv]
  • 95 per cent of these diets do not work...

    这些节食方法95%都不起作用。

  • If lust is all there is to hold you together, the relationship will never work...

    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。

  • I shouldn't have come, I knew it wouldn't work...

    我不应该来,我知道这起不了什么作用。

  • A methodical approach works best.

    有条不紊的方法效果最佳。

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[VERB 动词](药物)起作用,产生疗效 If a drug or medicine works, it produces a particular physical effect.
  [V]
  [V prep/adv]
  • I wake at 6 am as the sleeping pill doesn't work for more than nine hours...

    安眠药的药效不会超过9个小时,所以我清晨6点就醒了。

  • The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.

    这种药物通过提高大脑中血清素的含量来产生疗效。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V prep]
  • One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image...

    据认为,一个帮上了他的因素就是他的工人阶级形象。

  • This obviously works against the interests of the child.

    这显然会对孩子不利。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n on n]
  [V n]
  • Nevertheless, she is always optimistic about the possibilities and can work her charm on the disenchanted...

    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。

  • Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.

    苦中带甜的酒发挥了奇效,我们的精神随之振奋起来。

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[VERB 动词](脑筋)转动,开动 If your mind or brain is working, you are thinking about something or trying to solve a problem.
  [V]
  • My mind was working frantically, running over the events of the evening.

    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。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V on n]
  • We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosion.

    我们假设这是一场燃气爆炸事故。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n]
  • Brand has been working the clubs and the pubs since 1986, developing her comedy act...

    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。

  • This is the seventh year that he has worked the streets of Manhattan.

    这是他在曼哈顿街头献艺的第7个年头。

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[VERB 动词]让…干活;让…工作 If you work someone, you make them spend time and effort doing a particular activity or job.
  [V n adv/prep]
  [Also V n]
  • They're working me too hard. I'm too old for this...

    他们把我用得太狠了,我老了,干不了这种活儿啦。

  • They didn't take my father away, but kept him in the village and worked him to death.

    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。

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[VERB 动词](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.
  [V n]
  • The Prime Minister has an ability to work a crowd — some might even suggest it is a kind of charm...

    首相有种感召人群的本事——有些人甚至认为这是一种魅力。

  • He worked the room like a politician, gripping hands, and slapping backs.

    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。

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[VERB 动词]种,耕种(地) When people work the land, they do all the tasks involved in growing crops.
  [V n]
  • Farmers worked the fertile valleys.

    农民们在肥沃的山谷里耕种。

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[VERB 动词]开采(矿) When a mine is worked, minerals such as coal or gold are removed from it.
  [be V-ed]
  [V n]
  • The mines had first been worked in 1849, when gold was discovered in California...

    1849年加利福尼亚发现金矿时,这些矿第一次被开采。

  • Only an agreed number of men was allowed to work any given seam at any given time.

    只有少数得到批准的人可以在特定时间开采特定的矿层。

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[VERB 动词]使用,操纵(机器或设备) If you work a machine or piece of equipment, you use or control it.
  [V n]
  • Many adults still depend on their children to work the video.

    很多成年人仍然要靠孩子来操作录像机。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V adj]
  • A screw had worked loose from my glasses.

    我眼镜上有一个螺丝松了。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n]
  [V n prep/adv]
  • Work the dough with the palm of your hand until it is very smooth...

    用手掌将面团揉至光滑为止。

  • Remove rind from the cheese and work it to a firm paste, with a fork.

    将奶酪的外皮去掉,用叉子将其压成硬硬的膏状。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • ...the machines needed to extract and work the raw stone.

    开采加工原石的机器

  • ...a long, cool tunnel of worked stone.

    一条跨度长且阴凉的石凿隧道

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V with/in n]
  • He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay.

    他学习雕塑是因为他喜欢玩黏土。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(身体某部分)活动 If you work a part of your body, or if it works, you move it.
  [V n]
  [V]
  • Each position will work the muscles in a different way...

    每种姿势都会以不同方式活动肌肉。

  • Her mouth was working in her sleep.

    她睡着的时候嘴巴还在动。

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[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]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.
  [usu n N]
  • The steel works could be seen for miles.

    这个钢厂几英里外都能看见。

  • ...a recycling works.

    回收工厂

  • ...the works canteen.

    工厂餐厅

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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]土木工程;建筑工程 Works are activities such as digging the ground or building on a large scale.
  [usu supp N]
  • ...six years of disruptive building works, road construction and urban development.

    6年间进行的破坏性的建筑工程、道路修筑和城市扩建

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[N-SING 单数名词](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.
  [the N]
  [emphasis]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • 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。

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See also:
working
    33
    [PHRASE 短语]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.
      [usu v-link PHR]
    • 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。

    • He is currently at work on a novel...

      他这会儿正忙着写一篇小说。

    • 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 短语]起作用;发挥效用 If a force or process is at work, it is having a particular influence or effect.
      [usu v-link PHR]
    • 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。

    • 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。

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    [PHRASE 短语](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.
      [V inflects]
    • The new administration has its work cut out for it. Creating jobs in this kind of environment is not going to be easy...

      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。

    • He will have his work cut out to get into the team.

      他要进入该队困难重重。

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    [PHRASE 短语]已列入计划;已开始 If something is in the works, it has already been planned or begun.
      [usu n PHR]
      [mainly AM 主美]
    • 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。

    • 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
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    [PHRASE 短语](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.
      [V inflects]
    • 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。

    • This horse made light work of the cross-country course...

      这匹马轻松地跑完了越野赛程。

    • Australia made hard

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