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单词 work
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verb | noun
workwork1 /wɚk/ verb 1 to do a job in order to earn money► work
to do a job to earn money:
  • “Where do you work?” “I work at a museum downtown.”
  • My father works for the electric company.
    • ➔ Use work for to talk about the company or organization where someone works: She works for a software company. Use work in with words like “school,” “bank,” or “hospital” to talk about the kind of place where someone works: He works in a restaurant.Use work at for the specific place where someone works: She works at the bookstore on Court Street.
    ► be employed (formal)
    to work for a company or organization, especially when you have a permanent job there:
  • Mr. Hardy has been employed as the school’s music teacher since 1995.
    • ► practice
    to work as a doctor or lawyer. Practice sounds more formal than work:
  • My sister has been practicing law for 16 years.
  • Dr. Cho is applying for a license to practice medicine in California.
    •  ➔ see cooperate for words meaning “to work with someone else”    2 to use time and effort to achieve something► work
    to use time and effort trying to achieve something:
  • Mom had been working hard in the kitchen all morning.
  • We have been working to get the house ready to sell.
    • ► labor AWL (formal)
    to use a lot of effort doing work that is difficult. Labor is especially used about physical work:
  • Farmers labored all day in the fields.
    • ► toil (formal)
    to use a lot of effort for a long time to do work that is difficult and tiring. Toil is especially used about physical work:
  • Workers spent long days toiling in the coal mines.
    • 3 to make a machine do what it is supposed to do► work
    to make a machine or piece of equipment do what it is supposed to do:
  • Does anyone here know how to work this microwave?
  • The delete key on my computer doesn’t work.
    • ► operate
    operate means the same as work but is more formal:
  • Clive was experienced in operating the computers.
  • Make sure the equipment is operating safely.
    • ► function AWL
    to work in the correct or intended way - used about a machine or system:
  • The alarm system was not functioning when the paintings were stolen.
    •  ➔ see work out at practice2 ➔ see work out at exercise2
    verb | noun
    workwork2 /wɚk/ noun 1 activity that is done in order to achieve something► work
    activity that involves using physical or mental energy in order to achieve something:
  • Organizing the party was a lot of work.
  • It was hard work climbing up the mountain!
    • ► effort
    the physical or mental energy that you use to do something:
  • She put a lot of effort into the project and we were all really impressed.
    • ► labor AWL
    hard work that you do using your body and hands:
  • They spent long hours in the fields doing hard physical labor.
    •  ➔ see effort    2 work that you do for your job► work
    the things that you do or produce at home or in your job:
  • She has a busy job and she often takes work home with her.
  • The house needs a lot of work before it is ready to move into.
    • ► housework
    the work that you do to keep a house clean, such as cleaning, washing clothes, etc.:
  • I hate housework, especially dusting.
    • ➔ GRAMMAR: Housework cannot be used in the plural. Don’t say: I don’t like doing houseworks.
    ► duties (formal)
    the things that you have to do as part of your job:
  • The police officer’s duties include patrolling and investigating crime.
    • ► workload
    the amount of work that you must do:
  • Teachers have a heavy workload, because they teach during the day and prepare and grade papers in the evenings.
    • ► service
    a particular type of help or work that is provided by a business to customers, but not one that involves producing goods:
  • The company provides a delivery service to over 160 countries.
    •  ➔ see duty, job, Jobs and Work    3 work that you do for school► work
    the things that you do or produce for school:
  • The teacher wrote some comments on his work.
    • ► homework
    work for school that students do at home:
  • I have a lot of homework tonight - math problems, an essay for English, and some Spanish.
    • ➔ GRAMMAR: Homework cannot be used in the plural. Don’t say: I don’t like doing homeworks.
    ► classwork
    the work that students do during classes:
  • The teacher corrected tests while the students did their classwork.
    • ► assignment AWL
    a piece of work that a teacher has told you to do:
  • Please hand in your history assignment before Wednesday.
    • ► project AWL
    a piece of work for a class in school that involves careful study and gathering of information on a particular subject over a period of time:
  • Our class is doing a project on the effects of pollution.
  • I’m going to Katia’s house to work on our science project.
    • ► report
    a piece of writing telling about something you have learned:
  • We each had to read a different book and write a book report for class.
    • ► essay
    a piece of writing about a particular subject, that involves writing about people or events that are real:
  • The teacher told us to write a two-page essay on our favorite musician.
    • ► paper
    a long piece of writing about something you have studied:
  • I have to write two research papers this semester.
    •  ➔ see research1, Education
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