单词详解
1. n.
A. [U] 工作,劳动,作业,事 (activity directed toward making or doing something)
It takes a lot of work to decorate the room well. 把房间装饰好很费事。
I have to bring my work home today. 今天我得把工作带回家做。
B. [C] 著作,作品 [the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)]
I can’t understand Van Gogh’s works. 我看不懂梵高的作品。
C. [C]工厂 (a place where work is done)
There is a steel works near my hometown. 我家乡附近有一个钢铁厂。
2. vi.
A. 工作,劳动,干活 [(+at/on)] (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
She works in a restaurant. 她在一家饭店工作。
B. (机器等) 运转,活动 (cause to operate or function)
The watch won’t work. 这表不走了。
C. 起作用,行得通 (have and exert influence or effect)
Your suggestion works well. 你的建议很有效。
3. vt.
A. 使工作,使干活 (cause to work)
Don’t work yourself to death. 别拼命做了。
B. 开动,操作 (operate in or through)
Please show me how to work the machine. 请展示给我如何操纵这机器。
相关词组
1. at work 在工作,在运转,在起作用
The machine is at work. 机器在运转。
2. do its work 有效,有作用
Half an hour later, the medicine does its work. 半个小时后,药起作用了。
3. out of work 失业
I worried about whether I would be out of work. 我担心自己是否会丢掉工作。
4. set to work (使)开始做……
They set to work as soon as they got there. 他们一到那里就开始工作。
5. work as 干……工作
At that time I worked as a waiter in a restaurant. 那时我在一家饭店做服务员。
6. work on建造,制作继续工作,从事于
He is working on a new novel. 他正在写一本新的小说。
7. work out a puzzle 解谜
We are excited to work out a puzzle. 解开谜之后我们很兴奋。
8. work out ideas 出主意
We worked out many ideas for him, but he received none.
我们给他出了很多主意,但他一个都没接受。
9. work out 设计,制订,安排,使筋疲力尽,耗尽, 解决,找到……的答案
They tried their best to work out the problem. 他们尽力找到了问题的答案。
10. work(hard)at 努力工作(学习), 从事于,致力于
Now I’m working hard at my lessons. 我现在正努力学习。
相关单词
复数:works
过去式:worked
过去分词:worked
现在分词:working
第三人称单数:works
名词:worker 工人
相关链接
词语辨析:job, work
词语辨析:work as, act as
job, work
都有“工作”的意思。
work: 不可数名词,最普通用词,含义广,指人们日常生活和工作中所从事的有目的的体力或脑力劳动。
job: 可数名词,多用于口语,侧重指受雇用的,以谋生为目的工作,不论有无技术,也不管是零工或散工。
词语详解
1. work: 不可数名词,最普通用词,含义广,指人们日常生活和工作中所从事的有目的的体力或脑力劳动。
He’s got a lot more work to do on the book. 这本书他还有许多工作要做。
2. job: 可数名词,多用于口语,侧重指受雇用的,以谋生为目的工作,不论有无技术,也不管是零工或散工。
I do need a job to make a living. 我的确需要一份工作来维持生计。
work as, act as
work as: 工作是……,强调一种职业或者岗位是长期性的。
act as: 充当某种职务或身份,或扮演某种角色。强调的是扮演,也是暂时性的。
词语详解
1. work as: 工作是……,强调一种职业或者岗位是长期性的。
He works as a teacher. 他是一名老师。
2. act as: 充当某种职务或身份,或扮演某种角色。强调的是扮演,也是暂时性的。
He acts as an interpreter. 他充当一名翻译。