| 单词 | work |
| 例句 | work noun 1.•a day's work in the fields:labor, toil, slog, drudgery, exertion, effort, industry, service | informal grind, sweat, elbow grease | literary travail. ANT leisure, rest. 2.•I'm looking for work:employment, a job, a position, a situation, a post | an occupation, a profession, a career, a vocation, a calling | wage labor | tasks, jobs, duties, assignments, projects | chores. ANT unemployment, retirement. 3.•works of literature:composition, piece, creation | opus, oeuvre. 4. (works) •the complete works of Shakespeare:writings, oeuvre, canon, output. 5.•this is the work of a radical faction:handiwork, doing, act, deed. 6. (works) •a lifetime spent doing good works:deeds, acts, actions. 7.informal (the works) •for only $60 you can get the works:everything, the full treatment | informal the lot, the whole shebang, the full nine yards, the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole ball of wax.▶verb 1.•staff worked late into the night:toil, labor, exert oneself, slave (away) | keep at it, put one's nose to the grindstone | informal slog (away), plug away, put one's back into it, knock oneself out, sweat blood | literary travail. ANT rest, play. 2.•he worked in education for years:be employed, have a job, earn one's living, do business. 3.•farmers worked the land:cultivate, farm, till, plow. 4.•his car was working perfectly:function, go, run, operate | informal behave. 5.•how do I work this machine? operate, use, handle, control, manipulate, run. 6.•their ploy worked:succeed, work out, turn out well, go as planned, get results, be effective | informal come off, pay off, do/turn the trick. ANT fail. 7.•makeup can work miracles:bring about, accomplish, achieve, produce, perform, create, engender, contrive, effect. 8.informal •can you work it so I can get in for free? arrange it/things, manipulate it/things, contrive it | pull strings, fix it, swing it, wangle it. 9.•he worked the crowd into a frenzy:stir (up), excite, drive, move, rouse, fire, galvanize | whip up, agitate. 10.•work the mixture into a paste:knead, squeeze, form | mix, stir, blend. 11.•he worked the blade into the padlock:maneuver, manipulate, guide, edge. 12.•her mouth worked furiously:twitch, quiver, convulse. 13.•he worked his way through the crowd:maneuver, make, thread, wind, weave, wend. PHRASES work on •leave Hank to me—I'll work on him:persuade, manipulate, influence | coax, cajole, wheedle, soften up, sweet-talk | informal twist someone's arm, lean on. work out 1.•the bill works out to $50:amount to, add up to, come to, total. 2.•my idea worked out. See work up •he couldn't work up any enthusiasm:stimulate, rouse, raise, arouse, awaken, excite. USAGE See |
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