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work ACTIVITYHwV:k, $wV:rkn [U]an activity, such as a job, in which a person uses their body and/or their mind to make or do something, usually for money, or the material used or what is produced工作, 劳动，工作成果I've got so much work to do.我有这么多的工作要做。Carrying heavy loads around all day is hard work.整天背着重重的东西走来走去是一种艰苦的工作。What time do you start/finish work?你几点钟开始/结束工作?Work in the laboratory was interesting but not very well paid.实验室的工作很有趣，但报酬不是很高。Adrian does most of the work around the house.阿德里安做家里的大部分事。Johnny got the house quite cheap but he had to do a lot of work on it.约翰尼相当便宜地买下了这房子，但他得对它做大量的整修工作。What sort of work do you have experience in?你对哪一种工作有经验?That's odd, she's never late for work.奇怪，她上班从不迟到。She tends to wear quite smart clothes for work.她常常穿着相当漂亮的衣服上班。Roger's work involves a lot of travelling.罗杰的工作需要经常出差。Labourers were at work (=working) in the fields reaping.工人们在地里做着收割工作。(fig.) It seems as though forces of destruction are increasingly at work throughout (= having a bad effect on) society.似乎破坏力量正在对整个社会产生着越来越坏的影响。Some pioneering research work was done on this subject in the 1950s.这一课题的开创性研究工作是在20世纪50年代做的。I'll have to take this work home with me and finish it there.我将不得不把这工作带回家完成。All the furniture is the work of residents here.所有家具都是这里居民的劳动成果。His work in leather is always of a very high standard.他所做的皮制品总是有很高的水平。When you get/go/set to work on something you start doing it.着手工作We'd better get to work on stacking this wood if we want to finish before it gets dark.如果我们想在天黑前完成，最好立即着手堆放这些木头。If someone has their work cut out (for them) to do something then it will be very difficult.面临艰巨的任务, 十分忙碌She'll really have her work cut out to finish all those reports by the end of the week.她要在本周末完成所有那些报告，任务确实是够艰巨的。Increasingly, people who are in work (= have a job) are getting busier and those who are out of work (= do not have a job) are finding it harder to get a job.渐渐地，有工作的人变得越来越忙碌，而没有工作的人却发现找工作越来越困难。The work ethic is the belief that work is morally good.工作道德感, 劳动观念The work ethic was never very strong in Simon.西蒙的劳动观念从来都不是很强。Work experience is either the experience that a person already has of working, or a period of time in which a student temporarily works for an employer to gain experience.工作经验, (学生的)工作实习期Please list your educational qualifications and work experience.请列出你的教育资历和工作经验。Many firms understand that giving work experience to students from colleges and schools will benefit everyone in the long term.许多公司意识到给大学或其他学校的学生提供工作实习，从长远看来对大家都有益。A work permit is an official document which gives permission to someone who is foreign to work in a country.(允许外国人就业的)工作许可证A work surface is a WORKTOP.工作台, 操作台(saying) 'All work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)'means that someone who works all of the time will become boring and uninteresting.“光工作不玩耍, (聪明孩子也变傻。)”"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion" (C. Northcote Parkinson Parkinson's Law, 1958)“（讽刺）工作扩充是为了在提供的时间内有事可做。” (C. 诺思科特·帕金森的《帕金森定律》)
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