worked
past simple and past participle ofwork
| 单词 | worked |
| 释义 | worked past simple and past participle ofwork work verb uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/workverb(HAVE EFFECT)B1[Iusually+ adv/prep] to beeffectiveorsuccessful: Herideaforreorganizingthedepartmentwill never workinpractice. Thetabletswillstartto workina fewminutes. SomepeoplethinkI'mweirddoingmeditation, but it worksforme and that's all thatmatters. Arguably, themonarchyworkedwellfor manycenturies.
Performing a function
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling workverb(DO JOB)A1[IorT] to do ajob,especiallythejobyou do toearnmoney: Where do you work? He worksatthehospital. She workedasacleanerat thehospital. Mike worksforacomputercompany. I workinmanagementtraining. Have you anyexperienceof workingwithchildrenwho havelearningdifficulties? It's notunusualfor ajuniordoctorto work a 70 or sometimes an 80-hourweek. See also work to rule(work-to-rule) [T] to make apersonoranimaldo ajob: Theinstructorsworked us veryhardon thesurvivalcourse. Many of theanimalswere worked todeath.
Work, working and the workplace
workverb(OPERATE)A2[IorT] If amachineordeviceworks, itoperates,especiallycorrectlyand withoutfailure, and if you work it, you make itoperate: Ourphoneisn't working. You need ateamof about twelvepeopleto work afurnacethissize. Thepumpworksoff/on(= uses)windpower. Thepumpis workedby(= uses tooperate)windpower. I can'tgettheradiotowork.
Machines - Functioning
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Performing a function workverb(SUCCEED IN BECOMING)[IorT,+ adv/prep] tosucceedgraduallyinbecomingsomething orcauseapersonor thing tobecomesomething, either by making aneffortor by making manysmallmovements: Hestartedas atechnicianand worked hisway upthrough thecompanytobecomemanagingdirector. Eventually she worked herway through(=read)thehugeamountoftechnicalpapers. Vibrationtendsto makenutsandscrewswork themselvesloose. Thescrewshad workedlooseovertime.
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
workverb(ARRANGE)[T]informal toarrangefor something tohappen,especiallyby not usingofficialmethodsand/or by beingclever: I don'tknowhow she workedit, but sheretiredat 50. Can we workthings (out)so that there's always someone here toanswerthephoneduringofficehours? Planning, expecting and arranging
workverb(SHAPE)[T] toshape,change, orprocessasubstance: Workingironrequireshighertemperaturesthanbronze. Gently work thebutterintotheflouruntil there are nolumpsleft. Patterns and shapes
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Industrial processing Creating and producing Idiomswork a treat work like a charm work wonders/miracles workyourfingers to the bone work like a dog work till/untilyoudrop workyourway around tosomething Phrasal verbswork against/forsomeone work atsomething worksomethingoff work onsomething work onsomeone worksomethingout work out worksomeoneout work(something)out worksomeoneover work throughsomething work upsomething worksomeoneup work(yourself)up tosomething Examplesofworkedworked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Theyworkedtoward quick and uniform program implementation and national program standards. From theCambridge English Corpus The results presented show that the lookup tablesworkedwell. From theCambridge English Corpus The studentsworkedprimarily in the multitrack window, to organise their story-line. From theCambridge English Corpus The majority of respondentsworkedin public health departments and were medically trained. From theCambridge English Corpus Practical steps towards unification were alsoworkedout, as we shall see. From theCambridge English Corpus There are useful tutorial-likeworkedexamples in several places and these will surely be invaluable to the intended audience. From theCambridge English Corpus In the same period sheworkedwith both oral and documentary sources. From theCambridge English Corpus It's really quite cleverlyworkedout in the plan and section. From theCambridge English Corpus Information deficits and classification difficulties meant that housewives and ' never havingworked' had to be taken as a single category. From theCambridge English Corpus Heworkedon disarmament, arbitration and new definitions of sovereignty. From theCambridge English Corpus The problem of diseaseworkedon both these counts. From theCambridge English Corpus However, subscale values did not significantly differ according to country of qualification, clinical speciality, number of yearsworkedin psychiatry, place of work, clinical grade. From theCambridge English Corpus Tobaccoworkedwell for farmers, who soon found that it was more profitable if traded outside of the colonial marketing system. From theCambridge English Corpus Menworkedlonger hours while women were responsible for household duties. From theCambridge English Corpus His estimates, without explanation for the discrepancy, are nearly double those of a collective of scholars who haveworkedon this issue. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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