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work
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verb /wɜː(r)k/
present tense
I/you/we/theywork
he/she/itworks
present participleworking
past tenseworked
past participleworked
  1. 1
    [I] to spend time trying to achieve something, especially when this involves using a lot of effort 工作；劳动；干活儿

    I've been working in the garden all day. 我一整天都在花园里干活儿。

    work on :

    Our thanks go to everybody who has worked on this project. 我们感谢所有参加过这个项目的人。

    work to do something :

    He worked tirelessly to improve safety conditions in the mines. 为了改善矿井的安全条件，他不知疲倦地工作着。

     Synonyms and related words
    To try hard to do or get something: boil the ocean, work, strive...
    1. a.
      [T] to make someone work 使工作；使劳动；使干活儿

      She always works us too hard. 她总是强迫我们拼命地干活儿。

       Synonyms and related words
      To make someone work hard: work, drive, push...
    2. b.
      [I] to produce a picture or create an object using a particular type of substance （用某种材料）画画，创作
      work in/with :

      He works in oils and acrylics, painting mostly landscapes. 他用油画颜料和丙烯酸作画，画的大多数是风景。

       Synonyms and related words
      To create a work of art or craft: work, create, base on...
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    [I] to have a job, usually one that you are paid to do 从事工作

    Dominic works part-time. 多米尼克做兼职工作。

    work in :

    I hope to work in marketing when I'm older. 我希望年纪再大一点时从事市场营销工作。

    work as :

    She worked as a journalist. 她是一位记者。

    work with :

    All our nursery nurses are qualified to work with children. 我们所有的保育员都能胜任照料孩子的工作。

    work for :

    She works for a big law firm in the city. 她在城里的一家大律师事务所工作。

     Synonyms and related words
    To work, and to work in a particular way: work, serve, collaborate...
    1. a.
      [T] if you work a particular area or type of place, you go to that area or to those places as part of your job, for example to try and sell things or to perform there 在（某地）工作（如推销或演出）

      He worked the clubs long before TV made him famous. 早在电视使他成名之前，他在俱乐部工作。

       Synonyms and related words
      To work, and to work in a particular way: work, serve, collaborate...
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    [I] to operate in a satisfactory way 运转顺利；进行顺利

    The new telephone system seems to be working perfectly. 新电话系统看来运行畅通。

    This pen doesn't work. 这支笔写不出字了。

    My brain's not working very well today. 我的脑子今天不好使。

     Synonyms and related words
    To work, or to start working (of a piece of machinery): operate, come on, function...
    1. a.
      [T] to operate something such as a machine or piece of equipment 操作（机器、设备等）

      I don't know how to work this thing. 我不知道如何操作这东西。

       Synonyms and related words
      To make a machine or piece of equipment work: activate, actuate, coax...
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    [I] to succeed 成功

    If this plan doesn't work, we'll think of something else. 如果这个计划行不通，我们再想想别的办法。

    The strategy seems to be working. 这个策略似乎在起作用。

     Synonyms and related words
    To develop or happen successfully: shape up, function, work out...
    1. a.
      to have a particular effect or result 起作用；有效

      The drug works by blocking the spread of the virus. 这种药通过阻止病毒的扩散来产生效果。

      Her dazzling performance worked its magic on the audience (=had a good effect on them). 她那令人眼花缭乱的表演在观众中产生了良好的反响。

      work for/against someone (=have a good/bad result) 对某人有利/不利 :

      Criticizing your former employer works against you in an interview. 在面试时指责以前的老板对你不利。

      work in someone's favour/work to someone's advantage (=be an advantage to someone) 对某人有利 :

      The exchange rate is currently working in the company's favour. 汇率目前对公司有利。

       Synonyms and related words
      To have an effect: shape, impact, affect...
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    [I/T] to move gradually from one position to another 逐渐移动

    The strap of one of her sandals had worked itself loose. 她一只凉鞋的带子已经逐渐松了。

     Synonyms and related words
    To move, or to move something, slowly: crawl, dawdle, creep...
    1. a.
      [T] to put something into a different position or state 使处于不同的位置；使处于不同的状态

      She managed to work one hand free. 她设法腾出一只手来。

      work yourself into something :

      He was slowly working himself into a panic. 他渐渐地恐慌起来。

       Synonyms and related words
      General words meaning to move something: budge, propel, guide...
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    [T] to shape a substance such as metal in a particular way, especially using tools （尤指使用工具）使（金属等）成形
     Synonyms and related words
    To change the shape of something: shape, reshape, form...
     Synonyms and related words
    To use a tool: card, chase, chip away...
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    [T] if someone works a mine or a quarry, they dig substances such as gold or stone out of it 开（矿）；开采（矿石）
     Synonyms and related words
    Mining and quarrying: coal, coalface, coalfield...
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    [T] to prepare land and grow crops on it 耕种
     Synonyms and related words
    Crop farming: arable, broadacre, cash crop...
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    [T] maths American to solve a problem in mathematics by doing a calculation 计算；算出
     Synonyms and related words
    To calculate or count: calculate, count, estimate...
  10. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
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    work like a dog to work very hard 卖力地工作

    I worked like a dog to pass my exams. Hopefully, I'll do well!

    Submitted by Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 15/09/2018
     
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work
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noun /wɜː(r)k/
singularwork
pluralworks
  1. 1
    [U] activity that involves physical or mental effort 工作；劳动

    I know you've got a lot of work to do. 我知道你有很多工作要做。

    Thank you for all your hard work. 谢谢你所有的辛勤劳动。

     Synonyms and related words
    Hard work and effort: heavy lifting, ask, work...
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    [U] a job that someone is paid to do 职业；差事

    I started work when I was sixteen. 我16岁就参加工作了。

    It's not easy to find work (=get a job). 找工作不容易。

     Synonyms and related words
    General words relating to jobs and work: a good/smart/clever career move, appointment, background...
    1. a.
      the things that you do as part of your job 工作；活儿

      Her work will include planting trees and caring for animals. 她的工作包括种树和照料动物。

      Employees may take work home if they wish. 雇员如果愿意可以把工作带回家。

       Synonyms and related words
      General words relating to jobs and work: a good/smart/clever career move, appointment, background...
    2. b.
      the time that someone spends doing their job 工作时间

      We rehearse for a few hours every day after work. 我们每天下班后排练几个小时。

       Synonyms and related words
      The working day: at work, billable time, business hours...
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    [U] a place where someone goes to do their job 工作地点；工作场所；办公处

    I walk to work and take the bus home. 我步行去上班，乘公共汽车回家。

     Synonyms and related words
    General words for offices and the workplace: bureau, general headquarters, head office...
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      works

      [plural] a factory 工厂
       Synonyms and related words
      Factories and industrial buildings: abattoir, blast furnace, boatyard...
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    [U] something that someone makes or does in their job 产品；工作成果

    Carol and her subcommittee did some nice work on the document. 卡罗尔和她的分支委员会出色地完成了这份文件。

    piece of work :

    It's not the best piece of work you've ever done. 这不是你最出色的作品。

     Synonyms and related words
    General words relating to jobs and work: a good/smart/clever career move, appointment, background...
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      [C/U] something produced by a writer, painter, musician, or other artist （作家、画家、音乐家等的）作品，著作

      Our final-year students invite you to an exhibition of their work. 我们的毕业班学生邀请你去参观他们的作品展览。

      work of :

      This is a minor but moving work of literature. 这是一部名气不大但很感人的文学作品。

      a study of the life and works of Baudelaire 波德莱尔的生平和作品研究

       Synonyms and related words
      General words for works of art and pictures: art, artwork, assemblage...
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    [uncountable plural] the repairing and building of something. You can also talk about works, and this has the same meaning （工程的）修建，施工

    The road has been closed for emergency repair works. 这条路因紧急抢修而被关闭。

    There will be no disruption of traffic when the work is carried out.

     Synonyms and related words
    General words for the process of building: assemblage, assembly, build...
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    [U] physics the process of changing energy from one form into another, usually in order to make something move or operate
     Synonyms and related words
    Physical forces and processes: absorbance, air resistance, amplitude...
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    [U] cosmetic surgery

    I think she's had some work done.

     Synonyms and related words
    Plastic surgery: boob job, Botox, collagen...
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    nice work if you can get it an easy way of earning money that you would like to have if you could

    The club got $10,000,000 for transferring the young player to clubs abroad: nice work if you can get it!

    Submitted by Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 05/12/2018
     
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Get It Right!: work
In most of its meanings, work is an uncountable noun, and so:
▪  it rarely comes after a or a number
▪  it is rarely used in the plural
✗ It is very common for university students to get a part-time work.
✓ It is very common for university students to get part-time work.
✗ They want to relax after the pressure of their works.
✓ They want to relax after the pressure of their work.
 
Q: What is the difference between work and job?
A: Work refers in general to things people do to earn money. Job is used when you are referring to the particular thing that someone does regularly in order to earn money:
Mr Biswas goes to Port of Spain to look for work. By chance he gets a job on a newspaper.
Work can be a countable noun when it means ‘something produced by a writer, painter, musician, or other artist':
Copying from the works of the Great Masters was one of a young art student's most important tasks.
This opera is indeed a work of great dramatic intensity.

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