work

[wə:k]

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, 干活,做事, 使工作, 争取, 管理, 运行, 操作, 奏效, 产生…影响, (因努力)造成, 使定形,用某种材料作画、编织等,抽搐, 逐渐移动
(复)works:工厂,修建,机器部件,全套物品

例句与用法:

She works for an engineering company.

她在一家工程技术公司工作

He's got a lot more work to do on the book.

这本书他还有许多工作要做。

He is working on a new novel.

他正在写一本新的小说。

Rain has worked in through the roof.

雨水透过房顶逐渐渗进屋子里。

Your car radio works very well.

你的汽车收音机性能很好。

He has read many of Hemingway's works.

他读过许多海明威的作品。

The medicine worked.

药物奏效了。

It was hard work getting the children off to bed.

哄孩子们去睡可不是容易的事。

词形变化:

动词过去式: worked/wrought | 动词过去分词: worked/wrought | 动词现在分词: working | 动词第三人称单数: works |

详细释义:

n.

1. 工作; 劳动; 作业; 事[U]

It takes a lot of work to dig a deep well.

挖一口深井很费事。

2. 职业, 业务[U]

3. (待做的)工作; 功课[U]

I have to bring my work home today.

今天我得把工作带回家做。

4. 成果, 产品; 工艺品, 针线活[U]

This bamboo basket is my own work.

这只竹篮是我自己编的。

5. 著作, 作品[P1][S1]

He is making a study of William Faulkner's works.

他在研究威廉・福克纳的作品。

6. 行为; 作用[U]

The scribbles on the wall must be the work of those children.

墙壁上的涂鸦准是那几个孩子画的。

7. 【物】功[U]

8. 工厂[P][J]

9. (建筑等)工程[P]

10. 活动的机件[P]

11. 【口】相关的所有事物[the P]

vi.

1. 工作, 劳动, 干活[(+at/on)]

She works in a restaurant.

她在一家饭店工作。

2. (机器等)运转, 活动

The machine won't work.

机器不转了。

3. (由于使用等)逐渐变动; 慢慢地前进[Q]

4. 起作用; 行得通

Your suggestion works well.

你的建议很有效。

5. 发酵

vt.

1. 使工作, 使干活[O]

Don't work yourself to death.

别拼命做了。

2. 开动; 操作

Please tell me how to work the machine.

请告诉我如何操纵这机器。

3. 通过努力取得; 靠做工取得[O]

4. 使缓慢前进; 使逐渐变动[O][O8]

Can you work the screw loose?

你能使这个螺钉松开吗?

5. 造成, 引起; 激起

This scientist worked miracles.

这位科学家创造了奇迹。

6. 【口】安排

7. 经营, 管理

He worked the farm with great success.

这个农场他经营得很成功。

8. 影响; 说服[O]

I'll try to work him to my way of thinking.

我要设法说服他同意我的想法。

9. 精工细做

10. 计算, 算出[(+out)]


短语词组:

at work

1. 在工作

They are at work on a new dictionary.

他们在编一本新字典。

have one's work cut out

1. 面临艰巨的任务

Their poor teacher must have her work cut out for her to control such a noisy class.

要控制这么一个吵吵闹闹的班级, 他们那可怜的老师一定累死了。

make short work of

1. 迅速干掉, 迅速解决

The children made short work of the cakes.

孩子们很快把蛋糕吃完了。

out of work

1. 失业的

He has been out of work for a year.

他已经失业一年了。

work off

1. 发泄

He worked off his anger.

他发泄怒气。

work out

1. 有好结果

I hope the new play works out.

我希望新的计划会成功。

work up

1. 激发; 使激动

The politician worked the crowd up until they shouted together.

那政客鼓动群众的情绪, 使他们一起喊叫。