work/wɜːk/

vi

1. 工作；干活

• He has been working hard all day. 他辛苦工作了一整天。

• How many hours a day do you work? 你一天工作多少小时？

2. 从事职业，任职

• He works for a travel agency. 他在一家旅行社任职。

• work in a bank 在银行工作

3. (器官、机器等)运转

• The clock isn't working. 这时钟不动了。

4. 起作用，有效

• The method didn't work well in practice. 这方法在实际运用中没什么效果。

• The medicine worked and the pain went away. 药效发挥，疼痛消失了。

5. (因活动)渐渐变得，渐渐处于特定状态

• My shoestring has worked loose. 我的鞋带渐渐松了。

• work free of the chains 渐渐挣脱锁链

6. (人的面部)抽动，颤动

• He stared at me in horror, his face working. 他惊恐地盯着我，脸抽动着。

7. 缓慢而费力地行进；艰难地进行

• They worked through the snow. 他们费力地穿过雪地。

• We must work through the difficulties until we get a solution. 我们必须克服种种困难找到解决方案。

8. 被加工

• This stone works easily. 这种石头容易加工。

vt

1. 使工作，使劳动

• He worked his employees too hard. 他逼着员工玩命工作。

2. 使运转，使开动

• How do you work the gears on this bike? 你怎么使这辆自行车上的传动装置转动？

• work a machine 开机器

3. 在(地区或部门)从事活动

• He works a big plantation. 他经营一个大农场。

• The salesman works the northern part of the city. 这个推销员负责本市北区的推销工作。

4. 把…加工成

• work clay into a vase 把黏土捏成花瓶

• work cold steel 对钢材作冷加工

5. 缓慢而费力地移动（或穿过）；靠做工挣钱取得

• Rescuers were still working their way towards the trapped men. 营救人员仍在艰难地慢慢接近被困人员。

• She worked her way through college. 她半工半读念完大学。

6. 使渐渐处于特定状态

• He gradually worked the nail out of the wall. 他慢慢地把墙上的钉子拔出。

• She worked herself up into a fury. 她渐渐冒火，进而大怒。

7. (因激动)使抽动，使颤动

• work the muscles in one's face 抽动面部肌肉

词组work against 反对…；对…不利

• work against the motion 反对动议

• His appearance worked against him during the election campaign. 他的外表在竞选中对他不利。

work at 在工作，在上班；从事于

• work at one's homework 做作业

work away 不断工作，继续努力

• They were working away in their office. 他们一直在办公室里继续工作。

work in 插入，巧妙地夹杂

• Can you work in a reference to our project? 你能提到我们的项目吗？

work into 把…插入，把…巧妙地夹杂于…

• work humor into a speech 演说中巧妙地插入幽默

work in with 与…合作，与…配合

• She worked in with them as much as possible. 她尽力与他们协作。

work it 完成，做好 work off 慢慢除去…；慢慢还清(债务等)；发泄(积愤等)

• work off one's debt 干活慢慢还清债务

work off one's excess weight by regular exercise 靠经常锻炼慢慢减掉过多的体重 work on

1. 继续工作

2. 从事…

• The novelist is working on a new book. 那位小说家在写一本新书。

work out

1. 解决（问题或困难)；计算出(总数等)

• Can you work out how much it will need? 你能算出需要多少钱吗？

2. 详细拟订(计划、方案等)

• work out a plan 制定计划

3. 刻苦完成；获得妥善处理

• I hope the new project will work out well. 我希望新计划能顺利完成。

4. (结果)成为

• How did his suggestions work out? 他的提议结果怎样？

5. 锻炼

• I work out regularly to keep fit. 我经常锻炼，以保持健康。

work over 充分研究

• I worked over a lot of books in order to finish the thesis. 为了完成论文，我研读了许多书。

work round to 逐渐达到，一步一步处理 work to

1. 边…边工作

• I like working to music. 我喜欢边听音乐边工作。

2. 根据…行事

• work to rule 按规章办事

work up 刺激…，煽动…，使…激昂

• The singer worked up the feelings of the audience. 那歌手激起了观众的情绪。

work upon 从事…，处理… work up to 逐渐达到，逐渐发展到

• work up to a climax 渐达高潮

work up to the position of president of the company 逐步升至公司总裁