英语词汇“work”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

Work (noun)
Work is an uncountable noun when it means something we do that takes an effort, often as part of a job or for study: …

Work as an uncountable noun
Work is an uncountable noun when it means something we do that takes an effort, often as part of a job or for study: …

Work as a countable noun
Work as a countable noun means something created, especially a book or painting or piece of music or sculpture: …

Idioms

all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)

be at work

be in work

be out of work

get/set to work

have your work cut out (for you)

in the works
work
verb
uk /wɜːk/ us /wɝːk/

workverb (HAVE EFFECT)

B1[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to be effective or successful: 有效；成功
work in practiceHer idea for reorganizing the department will never work in practice.她关于部门重组的构想实际上永远都不会实现。
work inThe tablets will start to work in a few minutes.几分钟后药片就会开始起作用。
work forSome people think I'm weird doing meditation, but it works for me and that's all that matters.有些人认为我进行冥想有点古怪，但这对我有用，这才是最重要的。
work wellArguably, the monarchy worked well for many centuries.有据可考，君主政体成功施行了很多个世纪。
The argument that sanctions should be given more time to work is seductive but fatally flawed.制裁若要产生效果尚需时日，这一论点很有说服力，但有致命的漏洞。
In conclusion, I submit that the proposal will not work without some major changes.最后，我认为这项提案必须进行重大修改方能实施。
The opposition claimed that the government's education policy was not working.
My new diet seems to be working. I've lost weight already.
These tactics worked well in the last match.

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Performing a function
act
act as something
discharge
function
function as something/someone
functional
functionalist
high-performance
hyperfunction
man
manned
multifunction
multifunctional
on itidiom
operate
purpose
run
take
undischarged
work a treatidiom

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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling

workverb (DO JOB)

A1[ I or T ]
to do a job, especially the job you do to earn money: （使）工作;（使）劳动;（使）干活儿（尤指为了挣钱）
Where do you work?你在哪里上班？
work atHe works at the hospital.他在当地的医院工作。
work asShe worked as a cleaner at the hospital.她在医院里当清洁工。
work forMike works for a computer company.迈克在一家计算机公司工作。
work inI work in management training.
work withHave you any experience of working with children who have learning difficulties?你有没有教授过有学习障碍的孩子？
It's not unusual for a junior doctor to work a 70 or sometimes an 80-hour week.对于一名初级医生来说，每周工作70甚或80小时是很平常的。
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work to rule(work-to-rule)
work out of something
to have a particular place as your place of work:
At that time, our New York staff was working out of a former warehouse in Lower Manhattan.
[ T ]
to make a person or animal do a job:
work hardThe instructors worked us very hard on the survival course.
Many of the animals were worked to death.
He works for a company that makes software.
She works three afternoons a week at the library.她每周在图书馆工作3个下午。
She has worked as an estate agent among other things.
I worked as an artist's model when I was a student.
I'm working late this evening.今晚我要加班。

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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
spadework
undertaking

workverb (OPERATE)

A2[ I or T ]
If a machine or device works, it operates, especially correctly and without failure, and if you work it, you make it operate: 运转，运行;操作
Our phone isn't working.我们的电话坏了。
You need a team of about twelve people to work a furnace this size.这样大小的熔炉需要大约12个人来维持其运行。
work off/onThe pump works off/on (= uses) wind power.这个泵利用风力。
work byThe pump is worked by (= uses to operate) wind power.这个泵靠风力运转。
get something to workI can't get the radio to work.我怎么也弄不好这台收音机。
You're welcome to it - I can never get it to work properly.
Dust particles must have got into the motor, which is why it isn't working properly.
How do you work this machine?
It's a common-or-garden washing machine with just the basic functions, but it works perfectly well.
The machine works according to the principle of electromagnetic conduction.这台机器根据电磁传导原理运行。

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Machines - Functioning
action
actuator
deactivation
faultily
faulty
fire someone up
function as something/someone
functionally
light
operative
peg
peg out
play something up
power (something) up
refire
reset
road
run
tick
working

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Performing a function

workverb (SUCCEED IN BECOMING)

[ I or T, + adv/prep ]
to succeed gradually in becoming something or cause a person or thing to become something, either by making an effort or by making many small movements: （使）变成；（使）成为
work your way up somethingHe started as a technician and worked his way up through the company to become managing director.他从一名技术员做起，一步一步晋升为公司的总经理。
work your way through somethingEventually she worked her way through (= read) the huge amount of technical papers.最后她终于读完了一大堆技术论文。
Vibration tends to make nuts and screws work themselves loose.震动会使螺母和螺丝自动松开。
The screws had worked loose over time.随着时间的推移，螺丝已经松了。
Sidney ruthlessly worked his way up from the position of junior clerk to chairman of the company.
She is now a senior executive having worked her way up through the company.她现在任高级行政主管，这是她在公司中一步一个脚印做出来的。
The splinter had worked its way under his skin.
It will take all weekend to work through this pile of marking.
She plans to work her way to the top.

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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
A game
accomplish
achieve
acquit
actualize
bear
carry
get through
get to/reach first baseidiom
get your own wayidiom
go faridiom
go from strength to strengthidiom
kill
pan
rise
sail through (something)
scale the heightsidiom
scrape through (something)
sew something up
slam dunk

workverb (ARRANGE)

[ T ]informal
to arrange for something to happen, especially by not using official methods and/or by being clever: （尤指不通过官方认可的方式或巧妙地）安排
work itI don't know how she worked it, but she retired at 50.我不知道她是如何做到在50岁退休的。
work things (out)Can we work things (out) so that there's always someone here to answer the phone during office hours?我们能否安排一下，以便在工作时间这里总是有人接电话？

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Planning, expecting and arranging
accidentally
accidentally on purposeidiom
advertent
advisedly
aim at something
bargain
conscious
game something out
hatch
have something in mindidiom
have something up your sleeveidiom
horizon scanning
how are you fixed for something?idiom
pencil
provide for someone
provident
providently
provision
purpose
purposefully

workverb (SHAPE)

[ T ]
to shape, change, or process a substance: 使成形;塑造;加工
Working iron requires higher temperatures than bronze.加工铁比加工青铜需要更高的温度。
work something into somethingGently work the butter into the flour until there are no lumps left.轻轻地把黄油揉到面粉里，直到没有硬块为止。

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Patterns and shapes
amorphous
arabesque
argyle
asymmetrically
asymmetry
fishhook
flecked
formless
formlessly
fretted
saltire
scalloped
scissor
semilunaris
shapeable
vee
wavery
wavily
weave
willow pattern

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Industrial processing
Creating and producing

Idioms

work a treat

work like a charm

work wonders/miracles

work your fingers to the bone

work like a dog

work till/until you drop

work your way around to something

Phrasal verbs

work against/for someone

work at something

work something off

work on something

work on someone

work something out

work out

work someone out

work (something) out

work someone over

More phrasal verbs

work through something

work up something

work someone up

work (yourself) up to something
-work
suffix
uk / -wɜːk/ us / -wɝːk/
used to refer to work of a particular type: …工作（表示工作的种类）
homework家庭作业
paperwork文字工作
used to refer to a skill or activity using a particular type of material: 使用（某种材料）的手艺（或活动）
Girls and boys study woodwork and metalwork at this school.在这所学校里，男孩和女孩们学习木工和金属制造手艺。
used to name things made of a particular material: …制品
stonework石制品
ironwork铁制品

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Types of employment
admin
administrative
administrative assistant
administratively
at the coalfaceidiom
job-share
job-sharing
jobbing
jobless
joblessness
professionalism
professionality
qualified
recertify
redundancy
virtual assistant
well qualified
WFH
white-collar
who's whoidiom

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Building: construction work & workers

work | American Dictionary

work
verb
us/wɜrk/

workverb (DO A JOB)

[ I/T ]
to do a job, esp. a job you do to earn money:
[ T ]She works long hours.
[ T ]Richie worked the night shift.
[ I ]Designers worked with the director.
[ I ]Mike works for a computer company.
[ I ]Medics were working on him for an hour.
[ I ]She worked on the project with Luce.
[ I ]Anna works well with others.
[ I ]I have to work on Saturday.

workverb (PERFORM AS INTENDED)

[ I/T ]
to perform as intended or desired, or to cause something to do what it was intended to do:
[ I ]The medicine ought to work right away.
[ I ]Our plan worked perfectly.
[ T ]I don’t know how to work this computer.
[ T ]He knows how to work the system (= get what he wants from it).

workverb (HAVE EFFECT)

[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
(of a condition or fact) to have an effect, esp. one that either helps or causes difficulties:
Time was working against us.
Jimmie has a lot working in his favor.

workverb (MAKE OBJECT)

[ T ]
to shape something with your hands:
She carefully works the clay.

Idioms

work like a dog

work the land

work your way up

work wonders

Phrasal verbs

work someone/yourself up

work out

work out something

work through something

work up something

work up to something
work
noun
us/wɜrk/

worknoun (FORCE)

[ U ] physics
force used on an object multiplied by the distance it moves the object, measured in joules

worknoun (PLACE)

[ U ]
the place where a person regularly goes to do his or her job:
I had to leave work early.
Does it take long to commute to work?

worknoun (OBJECT)

[ C ]
an object produced as a result of effort, esp. something intended to be art:
The museum is showing works by 20th-century artists.

worknoun (DO A JOB)

[ U ]
the use of effort to do or make something that has value, and for which you are usually paid:
outdoor/office/manual work
Steve’s out of work again (= not employed).

Idioms

at work

in the works

work | Business English

work
verb
uk /wɜːk/us
[ I or T ] HR, WORKPLACE
to do a job, especially to earn money:
Do you work?
He works as a computer technician.
My brother works for a large American corporation.
How many people work at your company?
work full-time/part-time/from home
work an eight-hour day/hard/long hours
work in a bank/factory/an office
[ I ]
to spend time and effort doing something:
We were working on the presentation all night.
The two countries worked together on developing the technology.
Multinationals will have to work with governments to achieve the best balance between openness and security.
[ I ]
to try hard to achieve or improve something:
work at/on sthYou need to work on your communication skills.
I'm not very confident on the phone, but I'm prepared to work at it.
be working towards sthOur firm is working towards being a paperless environment.
[ I ]
to be effective or successful:
The plan seemed to work well.
The current system isn't working, so we'll need to look at an alternative.
[ I ] WORKPLACE, IT
if a machine or piece of equipment works, it operates as expected:
My computer isn't working.
I can't get this printer to work.
[ T ] WORKPLACE, IT informal
to operate a machine or piece of equipment:
He doesn't even know how to work a photocopier.
[ T ] COMMERCE
to go around a particular area that you are responsible for, especially in a sales job:
His sales were better when he was working the London area.
[ I ]
to have a good or bad effect:
The terms they're offering don't work for us.
His poor command of English worked against him in the interview.
Her previous sales experience worked in her favour.
[ T ]
to change the shape of a material to make something else with it:
work leather/metal
work a mine
NATURAL RESOURCES
to dig for coal, minerals, etc.:
These men have been working the mines all their lives.
work sb hard
to make someone use a lot of effort:
He works his trainees really hard.
work it so (that)informal
to arrange for something to happen in a way that is useful for you:
I'm going to try and work it so I can spend the weekend in New York after the conference.
work the landformal
to prepare the soil to grow crops on it:
We're here to thank those who work the land to feed us.
work the system
to know how to deal with a system or organization to get the result you want:
People who know how to work the system can significantly reduce their tax bill.
work things out
to deal with a situation successfully, especially when there is a problem:
I'll try to work things out with our suppliers.
work your way up sth(alsowork your way up to sth)
to do a series of jobs at different levels in an organization until you reach a position at the top of the organization:
She joined the company as a sales rep but worked her way up to managing director.
work your way up the ladder/hierarchy/ranksI'd like to stay here and work my way up the audit career ladder.

Phrasal verbs

work out

work sth out

work sth up
work
noun[ U ]
uk /wɜːk/us
HR
the job that someone does, usually to earn money:
full-time/part-time workMany pensioners will have to consider part-time work to supplement their retirement plans.
find/get/look for workThe government's initiative helps the unemployed find work.
He's been out of work for six months now.
permanent/regular/temporary work
paid/unpaid/voluntary work
badly paid/well-paid work
give up/go back to/return to work
WORKPLACE
a place, such as an office, a factory, etc., where someone goes to do their job:
The Managing Director always arrived at work early and stayed late.
She claimed her stress was the result of the bank's hostile work environment.
be at/go to/leave workWhat time do you go to work in the morning?
WORKPLACE
the responsibilities that are part of your job:
start/finish/stop workI don't finish work until 6.30 pm.
I need to take some time off work to look after my son.
Analysts refer to various sources of information to help them make investment decisions in their day-to-day work.
The government launched an inquiry into the work of the Monetary Policy Committee.
do/enjoy/hate your work
factory/manual/office work
administrative/clerical/secretarial work
WORKPLACE
the tasks that need to be completed:
do/produce/take on workThe department can't take on any more work until this project is finished.
I always end up taking work home at the weekend.
the mental or physical effort involved in doing or achieving something:
The builders started work on the new offices last week.
carry out/put in workThe whole team put in a lot of hard work to win the contract.
We need to set to work on reviewing our claims system.
The finance department has been hard at work on its year-end report.
Management still has a lot of work to do to ensure the company's future.
The committee's report was a very good piece of work.
good/hard work
innovative/major/outstanding work
works
[ plural ]UK
the activity of building or repairing something:
engineering/repair worksThe road was closed for essential repair works.
works
[ C ] PRODUCTION
an industrial building where materials or goods are manufactured:
Residents protested about the waste produced by the nearby industrial works.
a chemical/gas/steel works
the works foreman/manager/supervisor
the works close down/open
have your work cut out for youinformal
to have something very difficult to do:
The government has its work cut out for it trying to reduce the national deficit.
in the works
in the process of being planned or discussed:
Protesters claim the proposed cuts had been in the works for months.

Examples of work

work
Space permits only a cursory overview of these slighter works.
In order for the equilibrium notion to do any work for the players, moreover, they should know each other's strategies.
At 25 minutes' duration and requiring 25 players, it is one of the most substantial works ever to come out of the project.
One can argue that if a numerical scheme works well, then its numerical dissipation must have the same qualitative properties as the physical dissipation.
They worked toward quick and uniform program implementation and national program standards.
However, it does not show that the idea of purely functional space does not work.
Affective responses seem to occur when pupils have almost finished their work.
There is also the question of marking pupils' or students' work.
The teachers, as working women who were active in civic affairs, served as role models to the pupils.
Moreover, by working with the entire population of existing design solutions, it makes the indexation and selection of relevant cases redundant.
How far can the number of working languages be reduced?
This was reinforced by the low priority given to public health work at all levels within the organization and by primary care team colleagues.
The work reported in this paper represents the first part of a two part research project.
The work represents the product of two workshops, held in 2004 and 2005.
The text is unique, as it represents the work of a single author, who cogently articulates a systematic approach to psychiatry.
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Collocations withwork

work

These are words often used in combination with work.

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arduous work
Even feeling and sight - faculties which we might think of as spontaneous, natural, unmediated - are the fruits of long and arduous work.
assigned work
This is because those authorities which have assigned work to their own work forces cannot simply revise a specification to meet higher standards.
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best-known work
His best-known work is his piano concerto which premiered in 1941.
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worknoun (ACTIVITY)

worknoun (PLACE)

worknoun (CREATION)

worknoun (SURGERY)

worknoun (EVERYTHING)

worknoun (FACTORY)

worknoun (MACHINE)

worknoun (PHYSICS)

Grammar

Idioms

workverb (HAVE EFFECT)

workverb (DO JOB)

workverb (OPERATE)

workverb (SUCCEED IN BECOMING)

workverb (ARRANGE)

workverb (SHAPE)

Idioms

Phrasal verbs

work | American Dictionary

workverb (DO A JOB)

workverb (PERFORM AS INTENDED)

workverb (HAVE EFFECT)

workverb (MAKE OBJECT)

Idioms

Phrasal verbs

worknoun (FORCE)

worknoun (PLACE)

worknoun (OBJECT)

worknoun (DO A JOB)

Idioms

work | Business English

Phrasal verbs

See also

Examples of work

Collocations withwork

work