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工作;从业;就职

People who work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.

1. Weiner works for the US Department of Transport...

   韦纳就职于美国交通部。

2. I started working in a recording studio...

   我开始在一个录音棚工作。

3. Where do you work?...

   你在哪儿工作？

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

   他给瓦工打下手。

5. 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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工作;职业

People who have work or who are in work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.

1. Fewer and fewer people are in work...

   就业人数越来越少。

2. I was out of work at the time...

   那时我失业了。

3. 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。

4. What kind of work do you do?

   你是做什么工作的？

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工作;劳动;干活

When you work, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job.

1. 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。

2. He was working at his desk...

   他正在桌前用功。

3. 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。

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工作;活儿;活计

Your work consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job.

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. ...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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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.

1. Linda spends all her time working on the garden...

   琳达把所有时间都花在打理花园上。

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

   我正在写信，电话铃响了。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. 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。

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工作单位;工作地点

Work is the place where you do your job.

1. Many people travel to work by car...

   很多人开车去上班。

2. 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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工作成果

Work is something which you produce as a result of an activity or as a result of doing your job.

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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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(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.

1. In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatest work...

   我认为这是伦勃朗最伟大的作品。

2. 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》。

3. The church has several valuable works of art.

   教堂有几件珍贵的艺术品。

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研究；对…作调查

If someone is working on a particular subject or question, they are studying or researching it.

1. 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。

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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.

1. 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。

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

   他那时明白了自己想帮助穷人。

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(机器或设备)运转，运行

If a machine or piece of equipment works, it operates and performs a particular function.

1. The pump doesn't work and we have no running water...

   水泵坏了，我们没有自来水了。

2. Is the telephone working today?...

   电话今天能用吗？

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

   内德打开开关亮起了装电池的灯笼。

4. How does the gun work?

   这枪怎么用?

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奏效;成功

If an idea, system, or way of doing something works, it is successful, effective, or satisfactory.

1. 95 per cent of these diets do not work...

   这些节食方法95%都不起作用。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. A methodical approach works best.

   有条不紊的方法效果最佳。

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(药物)起作用，产生疗效

If a drug or medicine works, it produces a particular physical effect.

1. 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。

2. 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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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.

1. 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。

2. This obviously works against the interests of the child.

   这显然会对孩子不利。

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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.

1. 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。

2. 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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(脑筋)转动，开动

If your mind or brain is working, you are thinking about something or trying to solve a problem.

1. 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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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.

1. 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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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.

1. 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。

2. 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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让…干活；让…工作

If you work someone, you make them spend time and effort doing a particular activity or job.

1. 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。

2. 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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(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.

1. 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。

2. 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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种，耕种(地)

When people work the land, they do all the tasks involved in growing crops.

1. Farmers worked the fertile valleys.

   农民们在肥沃的山谷里耕种。

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开采(矿)

When a mine is worked, minerals such as coal or gold are removed from it.

1. 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。

2. 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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使用，操纵(机器或设备)

If you work a machine or piece of equipment, you use or control it.

1. 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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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.

1. A screw had worked loose from my glasses.

   我眼镜上有一个螺丝松了。

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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.

1. 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。

2. 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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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.

1. ...the machines needed to extract and work the raw stone.

   开采加工原石的机器

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

   一条跨度长且阴凉的石凿隧道

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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.

1. 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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(使)(身体某部分)活动

If you work a part of your body, or if it works, you move it.

1. 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。

2. Her mouth was working in her sleep.

   她睡着的时候嘴巴还在动。

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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.

1. The steel works could be seen for miles.

   这个钢厂几英里外都能看见。

2. ...a recycling works.

   回收工厂

3. ...the works canteen.

   工厂餐厅

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土木工程;建筑工程

Works are activities such as digging the ground or building on a large scale.

1. ...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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(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.

1. 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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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.

1. 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。

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

   他这会儿正忙着写一篇小说。

3. 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。

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起作用;发挥效用

If a force or process is at work, it is having a particular influence or effect.

1. 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。

2. 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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(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.

1. 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。

2. 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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已列入计划;已开始

If something is in the works, it has already been planned or begun.

1. 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。

2. 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。

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（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.

1. 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。

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

   这匹马轻松地跑完了越野赛程。

3. Australia made hard work of beating them.

   澳大利亚队非常艰难地击败了他们。

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讨厌鬼;恶棍

If you describe someone as a nasty piece of work, you think they are very unpleasant or cruel.

1. Underneath I think he's actually a rather nasty piece of work.

   内心里我觉得他是个非常讨厌的家伙。

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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.

1. 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。

2. 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。

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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.

1. He promised to get to work on the state's massive deficit...

   他承诺着手解决国家庞大的财政赤字问题。

2. He returned to America where he set to work on a new novel.

   他返回美国，开始写一部新小说。

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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.

1. 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。

2. 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。

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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.

1. Nice work, Matthew. I knew you could do it.

   干得好，马修。我知道你能行。

1

做工；执行任务

do job/task

2

做体力（或脑力）工作；劳动；干活

to do sth that involves physical or mental effort, especially as part of a job

3

我要是觉得冷就干不了活。

I can't work if I'm cold.

4

我整天都在做作业。

I've been working at my assignment all day.

5

他正在写一部新小说。

He is working on a new novel.

6

她在外面修理汽车。

She's outside, working on the car.

7

医生经常长时间工作。

Doctors often work very long hours.

8

受雇于；从事…工作

to have a job

9

我父母都工作。

Both my parents work.

10

她在一家工程公司工作。

She works for an engineering company.

11

我一直从事教育工作。

I've always worked in education.

12

你喜欢做儿童工作吗？

Do you enjoy working with children?

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我的儿子是当老师的。

My son is working as a teacher.

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努力

make effort

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使工作；（尤指）使卖力干活

to make yourself/sb work, especially very hard

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她工作起来太不辞劳苦了。

She works herself too hard.

17

争取；力争；努力取得

to make efforts to achieve sth

18

她为争取和平奉献了自己的一生。

She dedicated her life to working for peace.

19

委员会正在设法营救那些被监禁的人出狱。

The committee is working to get the prisoners freed.

20

管理

manage

21

管理，经营（以获利）

to manage or operate sth to gain benefit from it

22

耕种土地

to work the land (= grow crops on it, etc.)

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他负责一个大地区的工作。

He works a large area (= selling a company's goods, etc.) .

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她是个很有技巧的演讲者，善于感召听众。

She was a skilful speaker who knew how to work a crowd (= to excite them or make them feel sth strongly) .

25

机器；装置

machine/device

26

运转；运行

to function; to operate

27

这部电话坏了。

The phone isn't working.

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这是电动的。

It works by electricity.

29

他们对大脑功能的了解有进展吗？

Are they any closer to understanding how the brain works?

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开动，操作（机器、装置等）；使运作

to make a machine, device, etc. operate

31

你会使用咖啡机吗？

Do you know how to work the coffee machine?

32

这台机器是以风力推动的。

The machine is worked by wind power.

33

有结果 / 作用

have result/effect

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奏效；产生预期的结果（或作用）

to have the result or effect that you want

35

医生给我的药片不管事。

The pills the doctor gave me aren't working.

36

我的计划奏效了，我让他们同意了。

My plan worked, and I got them to agree.

37

我不为他的魅力所动。

His charm doesn't work on me (= does not affect or impress me) .

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产生…作用

to have a particular effect

39

你的年纪会妨碍你干这个工作。

Your age can work against you in this job.

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会说意大利语应对他有好处。

Speaking Italian should work in his favour.

41

使奏效；（由于努力）造成，产生

to cause or produce sth as a result of effort

42

你要是按照我们的家居装饰诀窍行事，可以用很少的钱就产生奇妙的效果。

You can work miracles with very little money if you follow our home decoration tips.

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使用材料

use material

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（通过压挤、拉长、锤击等）使成形，使定形

to make a material into a particular shape or form by pressing, stretching, hitting it, etc.

45

制陶

to work clay

46

打制金器

to work gold

47

把混合物调成糊状

to work the mixture into a paste

48

艺术家等

of an artist, etc.

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用某种材料作画（或编制、编织等）

to use a particular material to produce a picture or other item

50

油画画家

an artist working in oils

51

毛织手工艺人

a craftsman working with wool

52

脸 / 身体部位

of part of face/body

53

抽动；抽搐；颤动

to move violently

54

他恐惧地盯着我，嘴在抽搐着。

He stared at me in horror, his mouth working.

55

逐渐移动

move gradually

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（逐渐地）移动（到某位置）；（逐步）变成（某状态）

to move or pass to a particular place or state, usually gradually

57

这药得需要一段时间才能排出你的体外。

It will take a while for the drug to work out of your system.

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他一步一步努力，终于成为行业内的翘楚。

He worked his way to the top of his profession.

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我被捆绑起来，但设法挣脱了绳索。

I was tied up, but managed to work myself free.

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这螺丝钉松动了。

The screw had worked loose .

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大多数含 work 的习语，都可在该等习语中的名词及形容词相关词条找到，如 work your fingers to the bone 在词条 finger 下。

Most idioms containing work are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example work your fingers to the bone is at finger .

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（尤指巧妙地）办成，办妥

to arrange sth in a particular way, especially by being clever

63

你能不能为我们搞到些免费票？

Can you work it so that we get free tickets?

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渐渐转变（话题、主题等）

to gradually turn a conversation towards a particular topic, subject, etc.

65

他东拉西扯了一会才绕到真正要说的事情上来。

It was some time before he worked around to what he really wanted to say.

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致力于；努力做

to make great efforts to achieve sth or do sth well

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他正在努力减肥。

He's working at losing weight.

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学弹钢琴不容易，你非得下功夫不可。

Learning to play the piano isn't easy. You have to work at it .

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尽量包括；设法把…加进

to try to include sth

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难道你就不能在讲话中再增加几句笑话吗？

Can't you work a few more jokes into your speech?

71

掺入；将…搅拌进

to add one substance to another and mix them together

72

逐渐掺进黄油。

Gradually work in the butter.

73

（通过消耗体力）宣泄感情

to get rid of sth, especially a strong feeling, by using physical effort

74

她散散步气就消了。

She worked off her anger by going for a walk.

75

工作以偿债

to earn money in order to be able to pay a debt

76

他们有一大笔银行贷款需要偿还。

They had a large bank loan to work off.

77

努力说服（使某人答应或做某事）

to try to persuade sb to agree to sth or to do sth

78

他还没说他会做这事，不过我正在设法说服他。

He hasn't said he'll do it yet, but I'm working on him.

79

努力改善（或完成）

to try hard to improve or achieve sth

80

你需要再加把劲改进发音。

You need to work on your pronunciation a bit more.

81

“你找到临时看孩子的保姆了吗？”“还没有，我正在找呢。”

‘Have you sorted out a babysitter yet?’ ‘No, but I'm working on it .’

82

锻炼身体；做运动

to train the body by physical exercise

83

我经常做运动以保持健康。

I work out regularly to keep fit.

84

成功地发展

to develop in a successful way

85

我的第一份工作干得不好。

My first job didn't work out.

86

事情的结果对我们很不错。

Things have worked out quite well for us.

87

计算；计算出

if sth works out at sth, you calculate that it will be a particular amount

88

算来还是乘公共汽车便宜些。

It'll work out cheaper to travel by bus.

89

了解，理解（某人的性格）

to understand sb's character

90

我从未能摸准她的秉性。

I've never been able to work her out.

91

计算；算出

to calculate sth

92

计算出答案

to work out the answer

93

找到…的答案；解决

to find the answer to sth

94

解决问题

to work out a problem

95

你能辨认出这些潦草的字迹是什么意思吗？

Can you work out what these squiggles mean?

96

我弄不清这音乐是从哪里传来的。

I couldn't work out where the music was coming from.

97

计划；思考

to plan or think of sth

98

我想出了做这事的一个新方法。

I've worked out a new way of doing it.

99

挖尽，开采光（煤、矿产等）

to remove all the coal, minerals, etc. from a mine over a period of time

100

开采光了的银矿

a worked-out silver mine

101

拷问；逼供

to attack sb and hit them, for example to make them give you information

102

按照（计划、时间表等）；根据…行事

to follow a plan, schedule, etc.

103

按照预算办事

to work to a budget

104

我们的工期很紧。

We're working to a very tight deadline (= we have little time in which to do the work) .

105

努力达到，设法完成（目标）

to try to reach or achieve a goal

106

逐步发展；努力改进

to develop or improve sth with some effort

107

我对他的想法怎么也热心不起来。

I can't work up any enthusiasm for his idea.

108

她为了增加食欲散了很长时间的步。

She went for a long walk to work up an appetite.

109

使激动；使发怒

to make sb/yourself reach a state of great excitement, anger, etc.

110

别为此大动肝火。这不值得。

Don't work yourself up into a state about it. It isn't worth it.

111

什么事使得你这么激动？

What are you so worked up about?

112

使完整；使完好；修整

to bring sth to a more complete or more acceptable state

113

我正在把我的笔记整理成一篇论文。

I'm working my notes up into a dissertation.

114

逐步发展到，逐渐达到（更高或更深的程度）

to develop or move gradually towards sth, usually sth more exciting or extreme

115

乐曲渐变到一个激动人心的末乐章。

The music worked up to a rousing finale.

116

我开始在公园里慢跑，后来逐渐增加到一天跑五英里。

I began by jogging in the park and worked up to running five miles a day.

117

工作；任务

job/task

118

工作；职业

the job that a person does especially in order to earn money

119

她已经失业一年了。

She had been out of work (= without a job) for a year.

120

他们有工作。

They are in work (= have a job) .

121

他开始工作时做保安员。

He started work as a security guard.

122

在目前这种经济大气候下很难找到工作。

It is difficult to find work in the present economic climate.

123

我仍在找工作。

I'm still looking for work.

124

她正计划孩子一入学就恢复上班。

She's planning to return to work once the children start school.

125

你干哪种工作？

What line of work are you in (= what type of work do you do) ?

126

上班前；下班后

before/after work (= in the morning/evening each day)

127

全日制 / 兼职 / 无报酬的 / 志愿工作

full-time/part-time/unpaid/voluntary work

128

职责；工作内容

the duties that you have and the activities that you do as part of your job

129

警察的工作主要都是按常规的。

Police work is mainly routine.

130

会计师向销售部的职员介绍了自己的职责。

The accountant described his work to the sales staff.

131

工作；活计

tasks that need to be done

132

花园里有很多活要干。

There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.

133

照看婴儿是件苦差。

Taking care of a baby is hard work .

134

我有些事要你做。

I have some work for you to do.

135

别说话了，继续干你们的活儿吧。

Stop talking and get on with your work.

136

工作所需的材料（或档案等）

materials needed or used for doing work , especially books, papers, etc.

137

她经常把办公室里的工作带回家。

She often brings work (= for example, files and documents) home with her from the office.

138

他工作的材料摊了一地。

His work was spread all over the floor.

139

工作地点

place of job

140

不与the连用

used without the

141

工作地点；工作单位；工作场所

the place where you do your job

142

我8点钟去上班。

I go to work at 8 o'clock.

143

你什么时候去上班？

When do you leave for work ?

144

这项新法规涉及工作场所的健康与安全。

The new legislation concerns health and safety at work .

145

我今天得早点儿下班。

I have to leave work early today.

146

她工作单位的朋友来医院看望她。

Her friends from work came to see her in the hospital.

147

努力

effort

148

工作；劳动

the use of physical strength or mental power in order to do or make sth

149

她的学习成绩完全是靠刻苦用功得来的。

She earned her grades through sheer hard work .

150

我们于2002年开始干这个项目。

We started work on the project in 2002.

151

修整这家旅馆的工作在继续。

Work continues on renovating the hotel.

152

修建这座桥的工作用了六个月的时间。

The work of building the bridge took six months.

153

收集艺术品是他一生的工作。

The art collection was his life's work .

154

她让他们粉刷围墙。

She set them to work painting the fence.

155

工作成果

product of work

156

工作成果；产品；作品

a thing or things that are produced as a result of work

157

她这位艺术家的作品令我赞赏不已。

She's an artist whose work I really admire.

158

这件作品是你独立完成的吗？

Is this all your own work (= did you do it without help from others) ?

159

这本书包括了这一学科的方方面面，是一部缜密翔实的大作。

The book is a detailed and thorough piece of work covering all aspects of the subject.

160

行动结果

result of action

161

作为；行动结果

the result of an action; what is done by sb

162

这毁损显然是些恣意破坏公物的人所为。

The damage is clearly the work of vandals.

163

书籍；音乐；艺术

book/music/art

164

著作；作品

a book, piece of music, painting, etc.

165

托尔斯泰选集 / 全集

the collected/complete works of Tolstoy

166

小说 / 文学作品

works of fiction/literature

167

贝多芬的钢琴曲

Beethoven's piano works

168

修造

building/repairing

169

常构成复合词

often in compounds

170

建；修；修建

activities involving building or repairing sth

171

道路施工

roadworks

172

他们扩建造船厂，开始了工程施工。

They expanded the shipyards and started engineering works.

173

工厂

factory

174

常构成复合词

often in compounds

175

工厂

a place where things are made or industrial processes take place

176

机器制造厂

an engineering works

177

砖厂

a brickworks

178

机器部件

parts of machine

179

（机器等的）活动部件

the moving parts of a machine, etc.

180

所有的事物

everything

181

所有的事物；全套物品

everything

182

我们去薯条店吃了套餐：炸鱼、炸薯条、小黄瓜、豆泥。

We went to the chip shop and had the works: fish, chips, gherkins, mushy peas.

183

物理

physics

184

功；做功

the use of force to produce movement

185

只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻

it is not healthy to spend all your time working; you need to relax too

186

起作用

having an effect on sth

187

她怀疑有些秘密势力在作祟。

She suspected that secret influences were at work.

188

忙着（做某事）

busy doing sth

189

他仍在忙着画那幅画。

He is still at work on the painting.

190

危险——有人施工。

Danger─men at work.

191

开始，着手（工作）

to begin; to make a start

192

我们从屋子的外部开始干了起来。

We set to work on the outside of the house (= for example, painting it) .

193

给（或告诉）…一切

to give or tell sb everything

194

善行；善举

kind acts to help others

195

做（或着手做）自己的工作

to do/start to do your work

196

她高高兴兴地做自己的工作。

She went cheerfully about her work.

197

（做某事）可能有困难

to be likely to have difficulty doing sth

198

你九点钟前赶到那里可不容易。

You'll have your work cut out to get there by nine o'clock.

199

在讨论（或计划、筹备等）中；在酝酿中

something that is in the works is being discussed, planned or prepared and will happen or exist soon

200

即刻做完的事

a thing that takes a very short time to do

201

日常工作的一部分；习以为常；不足为奇

part of your normal working life and not unusual

202

人闲生是非

people who do not have enough to do often start to do wrong

203

她认为那些违法行为是当地的无业青少年所为，总是说：“人一闲，惹麻烦”。

She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers. ‘The devil makes work for idle hands,’ she would say.

204

（干）没人愿干的事，卑鄙的勾当

(to do) the unpleasant or dishonest jobs that sb else does not want to do

205

人多好办事；众人拾柴火焰高

used to say that a job is made easier if a lot of people help

206

在某事上耗费过多时间（或精力）；费冤枉力

to use more time or energy on a task than is necessary

207

分内的事；必须干的工作

work that you are paid to do or that must be done

208

有一件他不想干但又必须完成的工作在等待着他。

There was a job of work waiting for him that he was not looking forward to.

209

轻而易举地做（某事）

to do sth quickly and with little effort

210

恶棍；令人讨厌的人；靠不住的人

a person who is unpleasant, unkind or dishonest

211

干得好

used to show you are pleased when sb has done sth well

212

你今天干得不错。好样的，詹姆斯！

You did a good job today. Nice work, James!

213

干净利落地打败（或处理）；三下五除二就打垮（或解决）

to defeat, deal with sth/sb quickly

214

利物浦队干净利落地击败了对手。

Liverpool made short work of the opposition (= in a football/ soccer game) .

215

他三下两下吃完午饭。

He made short work of his lunch (= ate it quickly) .

216

干扰；出难题；从中捣乱

(to cause) a delay or problem with sth that sb is planning or doing

217

以上各词均指有报酬的工作，尤指长期从事的职业。

These are all words for the work that sb does in return for payment, especially over a long period of time.

218

指工作、职业：

the job that sb does, especially in order to earn money

219

目前很难找到工作。

It's very difficult to find work at the moment.

220

指工作、职业、受雇、就业：

( rather formal ) work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed or the situation in which people have work

221

这儿只有一半的人有拿工资的工作。

Only half the people here are in paid employment.

222

指生涯、职业：

the job or series of jobs that sb has in a particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time passes

223

他在外交部有过一段光辉的事业。

He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office.

224

指需要专门技能（尤其是较高教育水平）的职业、专业：

a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education

225

他希望能从事医务工作。

He hopes to enter the medical profession.

226

the profession统称某专业的人、同行、同业：

The profession is all the people who work in a particular profession.

227

法律界

the legal profession

228

the professions统称需要较高教育水平的传统职业，如医生、律师等。

The professions are the traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or lawyer.

229

指工作、职业：

( rather formal ) a job or profession

230

请写明姓名、年龄和职业。

Please state your name, age, and occupation.

231

指行业，尤指手工职业、手艺、行当：

a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and requires special training and skills

232

木工是需要纯熟技巧的职业。

Carpentry is a highly skilled trade.

1

activity directed toward making or doing something

例子:

1. she checked several points needing further work

2

the occupation for which you are paid

例子:

1. he is looking for employment
2. a lot of people are out of work

近义词: employment

3

the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)

例子:

1. he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre
2. Picasso's work can be divided into periods

近义词: oeuvre,body of work

4

a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing

例子:

1. it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works
2. the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work
3. he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey
4. the work of an active imagination
5. erosion is the work of wind or water over time

近义词: piece of work

5

a place where work is done

例子:

1. he arrived at work early today

近义词: workplace

6

applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

例子:

1. mastering a second language requires a lot of work
2. no schools offer graduate study in interior design

近义词: study

7

(physics) a manifestation of energy;the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force

例子:

1. work equals force times distance

8

give a workout to

例子:

1. Some parents exercise their infants
2. My personal trainer works me hard
3. work one's muscles
4. this puzzle will exercise your mind

近义词: exercise,work out

9

arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion

例子:

1. The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times

10

go sour or spoil

例子:

1. The milk has soured
2. The wine worked
3. The cream has turned--we have to throw it out

近义词: sour,turn,ferment

11

cause to undergo fermentation

例子:

1. We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content
2. The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats

近义词: ferment

12

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

例子:

1. did you solve the problem?
2. Work out your problems with the boss
3. this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out
4. did you get it?
5. Did you get my meaning?
6. He could not work the math problem

近义词: solve,work out,figure out,puzzle out,lick

13

use or manipulate to one's advantage

例子:

1. He exploit the new taxation system
2. She knows how to work the system
3. he works his parents for sympathy

近义词: exploit

14

make uniform

例子:

1. knead dough
2. work the clay until it is soft

近义词: knead

15

perform as expected when applied

例子:

1. The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
2. Does this old car still run well?
3. This old radio doesn't work anymore

近义词: function,operate,go,run

16

move into or onto

例子:

1. work the raisins into the dough
2. the student worked a few jokes into his presentation
3. work the body onto the flatbed truck

17

cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

例子:

1. I cannot work a miracle
2. wreak havoc
3. bring comments
4. play a joke
5. The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area

近义词: bring,play,wreak,make for

18

make something, usually for a specific function

例子:

1. She molded the rice balls carefully
2. Form cylinders from the dough
3. shape a figure
4. Work the metal into a sword

近义词: shape,form,mold,mould,forge

19

shape, form, or improve a material

例子:

1. work stone into tools
2. process iron
3. work the metal

近义词: work on,process

20

prepare for crops

例子:

1. Work the soil
2. cultivate the land

近义词: cultivate,crop

21

gratify and charm, usually in order to influence

例子:

1. the political candidate worked the crowds

22

move in an agitated manner

例子:

1. His fingers worked with tension

23

proceed along a path

例子:

1. work one's way through the crowd
2. make one's way into the forest

近义词: make

24

provoke or excite

例子:

1. The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy

25

proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity

例子:

1. work your way through every problem or task
2. She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived
3. Start from the bottom and work towards the top

26

cause to work

例子:

1. he is working his servants hard

近义词: put to work

27

be employed

例子:

1. Is your husband working again?
2. My wife never worked
3. Do you want to work after the age of 60?
4. She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money
5. She works as a waitress to put herself through college

近义词: do work

28

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

例子:

1. I will work hard to improve my grades
2. she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor

29

cause to operate or function

例子:

1. This pilot works the controls
2. Can you work an electric drill?

30

operate in or through

例子:

1. Work the phones

31

have an effect or outcome;often the one desired or expected

例子:

1. The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought
2. How does your idea work in practice?
3. This method doesn't work
4. The breaks of my new car act quickly
5. The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water

近义词: act

32

have and exert influence or effect

例子:

1. The artist's work influenced the young painter
2. She worked on her friends to support the political candidate

近义词: influence,act upon

33

operate in a certain place, area, or specialty

例子:

1. She works the night clubs
2. The salesman works the Midwest
3. This artist works mostly in acrylics

34

behave in a certain way when handled

例子:

1. This dough does not work easily
2. The soft metal works well