| 词汇 | spadework |
| 释义 | spadework noun[ U ] mainly UKuk /ˈspeɪd.wɜːk/ us /ˈspeɪd.wɝːk/ hard, sometimes boring work done in preparation for something: 艰苦（枯燥）的准备工作 Now that the spadework's all been done, we can start to write the report itself.既然所有的基础准备工作已经做完，我们可以动手写报告了。 Work, working and the workplace act as something all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom assignment bandh be at workidiom grind hoop hotelling housekeeping in the line of dutyidiom induction industry job moonlight skivvy slave slog slouch subtask sweat Examples of spadeworkspadework I could only wish that rather more of the spadework had been done before we arrived on the scene. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, the county council did most of the spadework. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, there is an immense amount of spadework to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So far, we have only started on the spadework for building the foundations of a better relationship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The large measure of agreement that has been achieved is undoubtedly due to the enormous amount of spadework. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The important thing is to make sure that the preparation of the ground is thorough and the spadework sure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I appreciate the line that he is pursuing and, like others, pay tribute to the spadework that he has done in this sphere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is right, but let them remember that the spadework is done by farmers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The preliminary spadework has already been largely done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have already started the spadework for it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He did much of the spadework on that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The voluntary committees have done the initial spadework, and something more positive is now required. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a lot of spadework and conversion to be done there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All the spadework has been done and the basic facts and philosophy of the matter under discussion were fully examined in this report. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a certain amount of preliminary spadework to be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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