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单词 underwork
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Definition of underwork in English:

underwork

verbˈʌndəwəːkˌəndərˈwərk
[with object]
  • Impose too little work on (someone)

    使劳动不足

    MPs are viewed by the public as overpaid and underworked
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a popularly held notion that most managers are underworked and overpaid, is it not?
    • In the first eight months I was working there, I was chronically underworked, and yet they employed an intern, and threw work at him.
    • We have a lot of people who are underworked.
    • Generals and others feared that underworked soldiers might degenerate into an armed mob, so education became a useful and time-consuming diversion.
    • But a few subversive questions might crop up amid one's fighting rush hour traffic and complying with the boss's directives: Could it be that many of our workers see themselves as underworked?
    • So bad was business one day last week that the underworked bar staff reported they had sold just 16 beers in 10 hours.
    • Maybe we should learn by trial and error by either overworking or underworking our swimmers.
    • I worked in newsrooms for 20 years and I haven't known a whole lot of journalists who are underworked.
    Synonyms
    undertow, underflow, underswell, underdrift, understream, undertide, underrun

Definition of underwork in US English:

underwork

verbˌəndərˈwərkˌəndərˈwərk
[with object]usually be underworked
  • Impose too little work on (someone)

    使劳动不足

    its members are viewed by the public as overpaid and underworked
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Generals and others feared that underworked soldiers might degenerate into an armed mob, so education became a useful and time-consuming diversion.
    • I worked in newsrooms for 20 years and I haven't known a whole lot of journalists who are underworked.
    • But a few subversive questions might crop up amid one's fighting rush hour traffic and complying with the boss's directives: Could it be that many of our workers see themselves as underworked?
    • So bad was business one day last week that the underworked bar staff reported they had sold just 16 beers in 10 hours.
    • It is a popularly held notion that most managers are underworked and overpaid, is it not?
    • We have a lot of people who are underworked.
    • In the first eight months I was working there, I was chronically underworked, and yet they employed an intern, and threw work at him.
    • Maybe we should learn by trial and error by either overworking or underworking our swimmers.
    Synonyms
    undertow, underflow, underswell, underdrift, understream, undertide, underrun
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