work的意思是：n.工作；职业；工作内容；职责；活计；工作所需的材料；工作地点；努力；工作成果；行为结果；作品；v.工作；做事；使工作；争取；管理；运行；操作；奏效；产生…影响；造成；抽搐；逐渐移动。work的词语用法是v.(动词)work的基本意思是“有目的地从事体力或脑力方面的工作”,可指人工作、做事,也可指人学习、攻读、研究某事情或学科,还可指机器等运转、发动,计划等进展顺利,药发挥作用,暗示成功或有效等。work【近义词】labour。
一、详尽释义点此查看work的详细内容
二、英英释义
"she checked several points needing further work"
"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"
"he is looking for employment"
"a lot of people are out of work"
"mastering a second language requires a lot of work"
"no schools offer graduate study in interior design"
"work equals force times distance"
"he arrived at work early today"
"he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"
"Picasso's work can be divided into periods"
"I will work hard to improve my grades"
"she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
"Is your husband working again?"
"My wife never worked"
"Do you want to work after the age of 60?"
"She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"
"She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
"The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"
"How does your idea work in practice?"
"This method doesn't work"
"The breaks of my new car act quickly"
"The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
"The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"
"Does this old car still run well?"
"This old radio doesn't work anymore"
"work stone into tools"
"process iron"
"work the metal"
"Some parents exercise their infants"
"My personal trainer works me hard"
"work one's muscles"
"this puzzle will exercise your mind"
"work one's way through the crowd"
"make one's way into the forest"
"She works the night clubs"
"The salesman works the Midwest"
"This artist works mostly in acrylics"
"work your way through every problem or task"
"She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"
"Start from the bottom and work towards the top"
"His fingers worked with tension"
"I cannot work a miracle"
"wreak havoc"
"bring comments"
"play a joke"
"The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
"he is working his servants hard"
"Work the soil"
"cultivate the land"
"This dough does not work easily"
"The soft metal works well"
"The artist's work influenced the young painter"
"She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
"Work the phones"
"This pilot works the controls"
"Can you work an electric drill?"
"The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy"
"the political candidate worked the crowds"
"She molded the rice balls carefully"
"Form cylinders from the dough"
"shape a figure"
"Work the metal into a sword"
"work the raisins into the dough"
"the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"
"work the body onto the flatbed truck"
"knead dough"
"work the clay until it is soft"
"He exploit the new taxation system"
"She knows how to work the system"
"he works his parents for sympathy"
"did you solve the problem?"
"Work out your problems with the boss"
"this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"
"did you get it?"
"Did you get my meaning?"
"He could not work the math problem"
"We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"
"The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"
"The milk has soured"
"The wine worked"
"The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
"The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
三、词典解释
1.工作;从业;就职
People whowork have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
e.g. Weiner works for the US Department of Transport...
韦纳就职于美国交通部。
e.g. I started working in a recording studio...
我开始在一个录音棚工作。
2.工作;职业
People who havework or who arein work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
e.g. Fewer and fewer people are inwork...
就业人数越来越少。
e.g. I was out ofwork at the time...
那时我失业了。
3.工作;劳动;干活
When youwork, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job.
e.g. I can't talk to you right now—I'mworking...
这会儿我不能跟你说话——我在干活儿。
e.g. He was working at his desk...
他正在桌前用功。
4.工作;活儿;活计
Yourwork consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job.
e.g. We're supposed to be running a business here. I've gotwork to do...
我们在这里应该是要经营公司。我有一堆的事情要做。
e.g. I used to takework 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。
5.努力干;用功
When youwork, you spend time and effort doing a task that needs to be done or trying to achieve something.
e.g. Linda spends all her time working on the garden...
琳达把所有时间都花在打理花园上。
e.g. While I was working on my letter the telephone rang...
我正在写信，电话铃响了。
6.工作单位;工作地点
Work is the place where you do your job.
work的翻译
e.g. Many people travel towork by car...
很多人开车去上班。
e.g. She told her friends atwork that she was trying to lose weight.
她跟单位的朋友说她在努力减肥。
7.工作成果
Work is something which you produce as a result of an activity or as a result of doing your job.
e.g. It can help to have an impartial third party look over yourwork...
让客观公正的第三方看一下你的成果会有助益。
e.g. Tidiness in the workshop is really essential for producing goodwork...
工作间干净整洁对于生产出好的产品非常重要。
8.(艺术家、作家、作曲家等的)作品；著作
Awork is something such as a painting, book, or piece of music produced by an artist, writer, or composer.
e.g. In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatestwork...
我认为这是伦勃朗最伟大的作品。
e.g. 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》。
9.研究；对…作调查
If someoneis working on a particular subject or question, they are studying or researching it.
e.g. 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。
10.协助;帮助
If youwork with a person or a group of people, you spend time and effort trying to help them in some way.
e.g. 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。
e.g. He knew then that he wanted towork among the poor.
他那时明白了自己想帮助穷人。
11.(机器或设备)运转，运行
If a machine or piece of equipmentworks, it operates and performs a particular function.
e.g. The pump doesn'twork and we have no running water...
水泵坏了，我们没有自来水了。
e.g. Is the telephone working today?...
电话今天能用吗？
12.奏效;成功
If an idea, system, or way of doing somethingworks, it is successful, effective, or satisfactory.
e.g. 95 per cent of these diets do notwork...
这些节食方法95%都不起作用。
e.g. If lust is all there is to hold you together, the relationship will neverwork...
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。
13.(药物)起作用，产生疗效
If a drug or medicineworks, it produces a particular physical effect.
work的解释
e.g. I wake at 6 am as the sleeping pill doesn'twork 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。
e.g. 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。
14.产生(有利或不利的)影响
If somethingworks in your favour, it helps you in some way. If somethingworks to your disadvantage, it causes problems for you in some way.
e.g. 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。
e.g. This obviously works against the interests of the child.
这显然会对孩子不利。
15.对…产生(神奇的影响);使…深受（魅力感染）
If something or someoneworks their magic orworks their charmson a person, they have a powerful positive effect on them.
e.g. Nevertheless, she is always optimistic about the possibilities and canwork 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。
e.g. 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。
16.(脑筋)转动，开动
If your mind or brainis working, you are thinking about something or trying to solve a problem.
work的翻译
e.g. 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。
17.以(某种假定或思想)为基础(或前提)
If youwork on an assumption or idea, you act as if it were true or base other ideas on it, until you have more information.
work是什么意思
e.g. We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosion.
我们假设这是一场燃气爆炸事故。
18.在(某地或某类场所)工作;在…奔波
If youwork a particular area or type of place, you travel around that area or work in those places as part of your job, for example trying to sell something there.
work
e.g. Brand has been working the clubs and the pubs since 1986, developing her comedy act...
布兰德自1986年以来一直在俱乐部和酒吧表演，提高她的喜剧演技。
e.g. This is the seventh year that he has worked the streets of Manhattan.
这是他在曼哈顿街头献艺的第7个年头。
19.让…干活；让…工作
If youwork someone, you make them spend time and effort doing a particular activity or job.
e.g. They're working me too hard. I'm too old for this...
他们把我用得太狠了，我老了，干不了这种活儿啦。
e.g. They didn't take my father away, but kept him in the village and worked him to death.
他们没有把我爸爸带走，而是一直让他在村里干活，把他活活累死了。
20.(常指政客或艺人)博得，赢得(众人的支持或欢心)
If someone, often a politician or entertainer,works a crowd, they create a good relationship with the people in the crowd and get their support or interest.
e.g. The Prime Minister has an ability towork a crowd — some might even suggest it is a kind of charm...
首相有种感召人群的本事——有些人甚至认为这是一种魅力。
e.g. He worked the room like a politician, gripping hands, and slapping backs.
他又是握手，又是拍背，像个政客一样把一屋子的人都笼络了一番。
21.种，耕种(地)
When peoplework the land, they do all the tasks involved in growing crops.
e.g. Farmers worked the fertile valleys.
农民们在肥沃的山谷里耕种。
22.开采(矿)
When a mineis worked, minerals such as coal or gold are removed from it.
e.g. The mines had first been worked in 1849, when gold was discovered in California...
1849年加利福尼亚发现金矿时，这些矿第一次被开采。
e.g. Only an agreed number of men was allowed towork any given seam at any given time.
只有少数得到批准的人可以在特定时间开采特定的矿层。
23.使用，操纵(机器或设备)
If youwork a machine or piece of equipment, you use or control it.
e.g. Many adults still depend on their children towork the video.
很多成年人仍然要靠孩子来操作录像机。
24.慢慢变成;逐渐变得
If somethingworks into a particular state or condition, it gradually moves so that it is in that state or condition.
work在线翻译
e.g. A screw had worked loose from my glasses.
我眼镜上有一个螺丝松了。
25.按，压，揉(面团、黏土等)
If youwork a substance such as dough or clay, you keep pressing it to make it have a particular texture.
work什么意思
e.g. Work the dough with the palm of your hand until it is very smooth...
用手掌将面团揉至光滑为止。
e.g. Remove rind from the cheese andwork it to a firm paste, with a fork.
将奶酪的外皮去掉，用叉子将其压成硬硬的膏状。
26.加工;处理
If youwork a material such as metal, leather, or stone, you cut, sew, or shape it in order to make something or to create a design.
e.g. ...the machines needed to extract andwork the raw stone.
开采加工原石的机器
e.g. ...a long, cool tunnel of worked stone.
一条跨度长且阴凉的石凿隧道
27.使用，采用(某种材料或物质)
If youwork with a particular substance or material, you use it in order to make something or to create a design.
e.g. He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay.
他学习雕塑是因为他喜欢玩黏土。
28.(使)(身体某部分)活动
If youwork a part of your body, or if itworks, you move it.
e.g. Each position willwork the muscles in a different way...
每种姿势都会以不同方式活动肌肉。
e.g. Her mouth was working in her sleep.
她睡着的时候嘴巴还在动。
29.工厂
Aworks is a place where something is manufactured or where an industrial process is carried out.Works is used to refer to one or to more than one of these places.
work的解释
e.g. The steel works could be seen for miles.
这个钢厂几英里外都能看见。
e.g. ...a recycling works.
回收工厂
30.土木工程;建筑工程
Works are activities such as digging the ground or building on a large scale.
e.g. ...six years of disruptive building works, road construction and urban development.
6年间进行的破坏性的建筑工程、道路修筑和城市扩建
31.(某种类型的)全部物件，全套物品
You can saythe works after listing things such as someone's possessions or requirements, to emphasize that they possess or require everything you can think of in a particular category.
work什么意思
e.g. Amazing place he's got there—squash courts, swimming pool, jacuzzi, theworks.
他的那个地方真是太棒了——壁球场、游泳池、按摩浴池，一应俱全。
32. see also: working
33.干活儿;做工作;忙着做事
If someone isat work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
e.g. The salvage teams are already hard atwork trying to deal with the spilled oil...
救援队已经在紧张地设法处理溢出的石油。
e.g. He is currently atwork on a novel...
他这会儿正忙着写一篇小说。
34.起作用;发挥效用
If a force or process isat work, it is having a particular influence or effect.
e.g. The report suggested that the same trend was atwork in politics...
这份报告表明，同一趋势也在影响着政治。
e.g. It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces atwork behind our own actions.
重要的是，要理解在我们自身行动背后起作用的强大的经济和社会力量。
35.(做…)有很大困难，困难重重
If you say that you willhave yourwork cut out to do something, you mean that it will be a very difficult task.
e.g. The new administration has itswork cut out for it. Creating jobs in this kind of environment is not going to be easy...
新一届政府面临重重困难。在这种环境下创造就业机会绝非易事。
e.g. He will have hiswork cut out to get into the team.
他要进入该队困难重重。
36.已列入计划;已开始
If something isin the works, it has already been planned or begun.
e.g. He said there were dozens of economic plans in the works...
他说有几十项经济计划已经开始实施。
e.g. Nobody should be surprised by this. It's been in the works for some time.
不应该有人对此感到惊奇，这事已经张罗了有一阵子了。
37.（费力或轻而易举地）做，完成
You can usework to talk about how easily or quickly a particular task is done. For example, if a person or thingmakes shortwork of doing something ormakes lightwork of it, they do it quickly and easily.
e.g. An aerosol spray will make shortwork of painting awkward objects...
用喷罐来喷涂，不好对付的物品也能轻松搞定。
e.g. This horse made lightwork of the cross-country course...
这匹马轻松地跑完了越野赛程。
38.讨厌鬼;恶棍
If you describe someone asa nasty piece of work, you think they are very unpleasant or cruel.
work的翻译
e.g. Underneath I think he's actually a rather nasty piece ofwork.
内心里我觉得他是个非常讨厌的家伙。
39.让…工作;派给…任务
If youput someoneto work orset themto work, you give them a job or task to do.
e.g. By stimulating the economy, we're going to put people towork...
我们将通过刺激经济让人们实现就业。
e.g. Instead of sending them to prison, we have set them towork helping the lemon growers.
我们没有把他们送进监狱，而是让他们帮种柠檬的果农干活儿。
40.开始做;着手处理
If youget to work ,go to work, orset to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
work的意思
e.g. He promised to get towork on the state's massive deficit...
他承诺着手解决国家庞大的财政赤字问题。
e.g. He returned to America where he set towork on a new novel.
他返回美国，开始写一部新小说。
41.艰难地移动；缓慢地取得进展
If youwork yourway somewhere, you move or progress there slowly, and with a lot of effort or work.
e.g. Rescuers were still working their way towards the trapped men...
营救人员仍在艰难地向被困者靠拢。
e.g. Many personnel managers started as secretaries or personnel assistants and worked their way up.
很多人事经理最初是从秘书或人事助理做起，然后慢慢升上去的。
42.干得不错;干得漂亮
You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
work是什么意思
e.g. Nicework, Matthew. I knew you could do it.
干得好，马修。我知道你能行。
43. to throw a spanner in the works -> see spanner
相关词组：work inwork offwork outwork overwork up
四、例句
She had been out of work for a year.
她已失业一年了。
It's difficult to find work in present economic climate.
在目前这种经济气候下很难找到工作。
My line of work pays pretty well.
我的职业报酬颇丰厚。
Tell me something about your daily work.
告诉我你每天的工作内容。
Police work involves so much paperwork these days.
现在警察也要做大量的文书工作。
There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
园子里有许多事要做。
She often brings work (eg files, documents) home with her from the office.
她常把办公室的工作带回家去做(如文件等)。
Living near work is very convenient.
在工作地点附近居住非常方便。
It takes hard work to achieve success.
成功需要努力工作。
It was a terrible piece of work you turned in the other day.
那天你交的作业太糟糕了。
The damage is clearly the work of vandals.
这毁损显然是些恣意破坏公物的人所为。
Roth says official misconduct cannot be dismissed as the work of a few bad apples.
罗思说，官方的胡作非为决不能被忽略为仅仅是几个坏家伙的行为。
He has read many of Hemingway's works.
他读过许多海明威的作品。
She works for an engineering company.
她在一家工程技术公司工作
He has worked in the factory since last year.
从去年开始，他就在工厂里工作。
He is working on a new novel.
他正在写一本新的小说。
She worked herself to a frazzle.
她工作得疲惫不堪。
We must work for equal rights for everyone.
我们必须为每个人争取同等的权利。
He works a large area(= selling a company's goods, etc.).
他负责一个大地区的工作。
Your car radio works very well.
你的汽车收音机性能很好。
Do you know how to work the coffee machine?
你会使用咖啡机吗?
The medicine worked.
药物奏效了。
Your age can work against you in this job.
你的年纪会妨碍你干这个工作。
The solidity of the evidence worked in his favor.
那项证据的确凿性对他有利。
Her exercise programme has worked miracles for her.
她的健身计划对她很有效。
Her face worked as she stared at him in terror.
她惊恐地注视着他，脸也吓得抽动起来。
Rain has worked in through the roof.
雨水透过房顶逐渐渗进屋子里。
It will take a while for the drug to work out of your system.
这药得需要一段时间才能排出你的体外。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
Another Work of Charity upon my hands..to reform an extravagant Husband.
出自：R. BoyleThe works performed by Jesus..were beyond the unassisted powers of man.
出自：R. WhatelyThe special work..and the rich ability with which he wrought it.
出自：English Historical Review七、常见错误
误 They have worked hard with this subject for many years.
正 They have worked hard at this subject for many years.
析 表示“研究”“钻研”或“进行某项活动”时,可用work at,这里的at不可以用with替代。
他这个月上夜班,所以他白天需要休息。误 He is working night this month, so he needs to rest during the day.
正 He is working nights this month, so he needs to rest during the day.
析 说“上夜班”,不管上几个夜班,都是work nights,不是work night。
船终于到达了港口。误 The ship worked the way into the harbor.
正 The ship worked its way into the harbor.
析 表达“费劲地(到达某处)”时,可说work one's way。
汤姆想逐步晋升成为一名销售经理。误 Tom wants to work up to be a sales manager.
正 Tom wants to work up to being a sales manager.
析 表达“逐步晋升至(某一职位)”时,可以用work up to,这里的to是介词,不是动词不定式符号。
我们每个人都必须制订一个目标,然后朝这个方向努力。误 We must each set a goal for ourselves and work for achieving it.
正 We must each set a goal for ourselves and work towards achieving it.
析 work for表示“为…工作”,而work toward(s)表示“朝…方向或目标”努力。
我用那把钥匙开门,却打不开。误 I used the key to open the door, but it didn't succeed.
正 I used the key to open the door, but it didn't work.
析 work用作不及物动词可表示“(办法、计划、方法等)行得通”。而succeed是指实施计划的人成功与否,而不能是事情本身。
我们在进行新的设计时遇到了很多困难。误 We met with many difficulties when we worked out the new design.
正 We met with many difficulties when we worked on the new design.
他一会儿就解出了这道数学题。误 He worked on the maths problem in a short time.
正 He worked out the maths problem in a short time.
析 work on意为“从事某工作”,是一个表示延续意义的短语; 而work out意为“研究出”“制订好”,是一个表示瞬时意义的短语。
误 I cannot find a work in this town.
正 I cannot find work in this town.
我有许多工作要做。误 I have a lot of works to do.
正 I have a lot of work to do.
析 work泛指“工作”时是不可数名词,不用定冠词修饰,也不可用于复数形式。
这是一件奇特的艺术品,任何人都想看上一眼。误 It is such unusual work of art that everyone wants to have a look at it.
正 It is such an unusual work of art that everyone wants to have a look at it.
析 work of art(艺术品)中的work作“作品”解,是可数名词,故冠词an不可省。
我起床了并准备去上班。误 I got up and got ready to go to my work.
正 I got up and got ready to go to work.
析 go to work作“上班”解,其中不插入my〔your,his〕等。同样, leave work作“下班”解,其中也不插入my〔your,his〕等。
上百万人失业。误 Millions of men are out of the work.
正 Millions of men are out of work.
析 表达“失业”用out of work, work前不可加定冠词the。同样,表达“有工作”说in work,中间也不加the。
他在上海铁厂工作已有十年了。误 He has served in the Shanghai Iron Work for ten years.
正 He has served in the Shanghai Iron Works for ten years.
析 work作“工厂”解时,习惯用复数形式。
由于工作紧张,我不得不谢绝你的友好邀请。误 Owing to the pressure of the work,I have to decline your kind invitation.
正 Owing to pressure of work,I have to decline your kind invitation.
析 owing to pressure of work是习惯用语, work前无定冠词the。
如果你努力工作,一定会成功的。误 You will achieve success by hard working.
正 You will achieve success by hard work.
正 You will achieve success by working hard.
析 说“努力工作”,如果用名词work,应该说hard work,这里的hard是形容词; 如果用动名词working,要说working hard,这里的hard是副词。
正在工作的人多数是年轻人。误 The people in work are mostly young men.
正 The people at work are mostly young men.
析 表示“(人)在工作”用at work,不用 in work。
这个纺织厂有多少工人?误 How many workers are there in this textile works?
正 How many workers are there in this textile mill?
他们将去北京钢铁厂参观。误 They are going to visit the Beijing Iron and Steel Mill.
正 They are going to visit the Beijing Iron and Steel Works.
析 works多指钢铁等重工业方面的工厂; mill多指纺织等轻工业方面的工厂。
work的相关近义词
labour、toil、job、place、position、function、operate、job、place、position
work的相关反义词
work的相关临近词
workable、wordy、Worku、Worke、Workum、workup、worked、workin、work on、workday、work it、work at