英汉词典

work 基本解释

• n. 工作；[物] 功；产品；操作；职业；行为；事业；工厂；著作；文学、音乐或艺术作品
• vt. 使工作；操作；经营；使缓慢前进
• vi. 工作；运作；起作用
• n. （英、埃塞）沃克（人名）

work 词态变化

work 中文词源

来自PIE*werg,做，做工，词源同organ,urgent,wright.

work 英文词源

work

work: [OE] Work is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Indo- European *werg-, *worg- ‘do, work’ (other members include energy, organ, and orgy). From this base was formed the noun *wergon, which passed into prehistoric Germanic as *werkam, and evolved from there into German and Dutch werk, Swedish verk, and English work. Wright ‘craftsman’ [OE] (which now survives only in compounds) comes from the same source (with the transposition of r and the vowel), as does wrought, originally the past participle of the verb work.
=> energy, organ, orgy, wright, wrought

work (n.)

Old English weorc, worc "something done, discreet act performed by someone, action (whether voluntary or required), proceeding, business; that which is made or manufactured, products of labor," also "physical labor, toil; skilled trade, craft, or occupation; opportunity of expending labor in some useful or remunerative way;" also "military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE *werg-o-, from root *werg- "to do" (see organ).

Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]

Meaning "physical effort, exertion" is from c. 1200; meaning "scholarly labor" or its productions is from c. 1200; meaning "artistic labor" or its productions is from c. 1200. Meaning "labor as a measurable commodity" is from c. 1300. Meaning "embroidery, stitchery, needlepoint" is from late 14c. Work of art attested by 1774 as "artistic creation," earlier (1728) "artifice, production of humans (as opposed to nature)." Work ethic recorded from 1959. To be out of work "unemployed" is from 1590s. To make clean work of is from c. 1300; to make short work of is from 1640s. Proverbial expression many hands make light work is from c. 1300. To have (one's) work cut out for one is from 1610s; to have it prepared and prescribed, hence, to have all one can handle. Work in progress is from 1930 in a general sense, earlier as a specific term in accountancy and parliamentary procedure.

work (v.)

a fusion of Old English wyrcan (past tense worhte, past participle geworht) "prepare, perform, do, make, construct, produce; strive after" (from Proto-Germanic *wurkijan); and Old English wircan (Mercian) "to operate, function, set in motion," a secondary verb formed relatively late from Proto-Germanic noun *werkan (see work (n.)). Sense of "perform physical labor" was in Old English, as was sense "ply one's trade" and "exert creative power, be a creator." Transitive sense "manipulate (physical substances) into a desired state or form" was in Old English. Meaning "have the expected or desired effect" is from late 14c. In Middle English also "perform sexually" (mid-13c.). Related: Worked (15c.); working. To work up "excite" is from c. 1600. To work over "beat up, thrash" is from 1927. To work against "attempt to subvert" is from late 14c.

work 词组搭配

work 英文释义

1. activity directed toward making or doing something;

"she checked several points needing further work"

2. a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing;

"it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"

"the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"

"he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"

"the work of an active imagination"

"erosion is the work of wind or water over time"

3. the occupation for which you are paid;

"he is looking for employment"

"a lot of people are out of work"

4. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading);

"mastering a second language requires a lot of work"

"no schools offer graduate study in interior design"

5. the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it);

"he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"

"Picasso's work can be divided into periods"

6. a place where work is done;

"he arrived at work early today"

7. (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force;

"work equals force times distance"

work 同义词解析

profession, job, occupation, trade, vocation, career, work, employment

这些名词均含"职业"之意。

profession： 以前常指要受过高等教育(尤指法律、医学和神学)才能获得的职业，现在一般指为谋生日的职业，尤指从事脑力劳动和受过专门训练，具有某种专业知识的职业。

job： 通常指一切有收入，不分脑力与体力运动，不论是否有技艺的长期或临时的职业。

occupation： 泛指任何一种职业，既不分什么行业，也不管是脑力还是体力劳动。

trade： 指需要有熟练技巧、技能和体力的职业。

vocation： 较正式用词，语气庄重，指长期从事，但不一定以此为主计的职业。

career： 指经过专门训练，终身愿意从事的职业。

work： 指任何种类的工作，也泛指职业。

employment： 指受雇于他人，领取工资以谋生计，有较固定工作的职业。

work, task, job

这些名词均有"工作"之意。

work： 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。

task： 通常指分派给的任务，也指自愿的工作，但往往是艰巨或令人厌烦的工作。

job： 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。

work 双语例句

1. You have to do everything you can. You have to work your hardest. And if you do, if you stay positive, then you have a shot at a silver lining.

你必须全力以赴，最大限度地去努力。如果你这么做，并且保持乐观，你就会看见乌云背后的幸福线。

来自电影《乌云背后的幸福线》

2. The company I work for went through a rough patch.

我所在的公司经历了一段困难时期。

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3. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.

事业要成功，才能、勤奋和顽强的意志都至关重要。

来自柯林斯例句

4. I spent lots of money on smart new outfits for work.

我花大笔钱购置了上班时穿的漂亮新套装。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The price depends on the intricacy of the work.

价格取决于做工的复杂精细度。

来自柯林斯例句

work 实用场景例句

Weiner works for the US Department of Transport...

韦纳就职于美国交通部。

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I started working in a recording studio...

我开始在一个录音棚工作。

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Fewer and fewer people are in work...

就业人数越来越少。

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I was out of work at the time...

那时我失业了。

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I can't talk to you right now—I'm working...

这会儿我不能跟你说话——我在干活儿。

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He was working at his desk...

他正在桌前用功。

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We're supposed to be running a business here. I've got work to do...

我们在这里应该是要经营公司。我有一堆的事情要做。

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I used to take work home, but I don't do it any more...

我过去常把活儿带回家干，不过我如今再也不这么做了。

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Linda spends all her time working on the garden...

琳达把所有时间都花在打理花园上。

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While I was working on my letter the telephone rang...

我正在写信，电话铃响了。

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Many people travel to work by car...

很多人开车去上班。

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She told her friends at work that she was trying to lose weight.

她跟单位的朋友说她在努力减肥。

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It can help to have an impartial third party look over your work...

让客观公正的第三方看一下你的成果会有助益。

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Tidiness in the workshop is really essential for producing good work...

工作间干净整洁对于生产出好的产品非常重要。

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In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatest work...

我认为这是伦勃朗最伟大的作品。

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Under his arm, there was a book which looked like the complete works of Shakespeare...

他胳膊底下夹着一本书，看上去就像是夹了《莎士比亚全集》。

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Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules of this type.

邦尼特教授多年来一直在从事这种分子的研究工作。

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She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer...

她有一段时间曾帮助垂危的癌症患者。

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He knew then that he wanted to work among the poor.

他那时明白了自己想帮助穷人。

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The pump doesn't work and we have no running water...

水泵坏了，我们没有自来水了。

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Is the telephone working today?...

电话今天能用吗？

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95 per cent of these diets do not work...

这些节食方法95%都不起作用。

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If lust is all there is to hold you together, the relationship will never work...

如果肉欲是你们在一起的唯一理由，这种关系是不会持久的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I wake at 6 am as the sleeping pill doesn't work for more than nine hours...

安眠药的药效不会超过9个小时，所以我清晨6点就醒了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.

这种药物通过提高大脑中血清素的含量来产生疗效。

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One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image...

据认为，一个帮上了他的因素就是他的工人阶级形象。

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This obviously works against the interests of the child.

这显然会对孩子不利。

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Nevertheless, she is always optimistic about the possibilities and can work her charm on the disenchanted...

虽然如此，她总是乐观地抱持希望，并能深深地感染那些心灰意冷的人。

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Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.

苦中带甜的酒发挥了奇效，我们的精神随之振奋起来。

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My mind was working frantically, running over the events of the evening.

我的大脑疯狂地运转，把那晚发生的事情飞快地一幕幕重演。

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