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around to
what he really wanted to say. ftfeXfe®flt7“ ±5fe„ 'work at sth to make
great efforts to achieve sth or do sth well gcfjX ; % f} lift: He’s working at
losing weight, fife IEff ML HE <* o Learning to play
the piano isn’t easy. You have to work atit. f*MM#X*XAXXT0 .work sth
'in | work sth into sth 1 to try to include
sth fg ; A AXE ■ ■ • Xl tS :
Can’t you work a few more jokes into your speech
i®j ?
2 to add one substance to another and mix them together
% A ; # •• • ft # ift : Gradually work in
the butter. .work sth«-»'off 1 to get rid of
sth, especially a
strong feeling, by using physical effort ( ifiiifftftiffcfj ) HE it ^ 'If: She
worked off her anger by going for a walk. itfe He tfc #17 „ 2
to earn
money in order to be
able to pay a debt X ff IM f« ft: They had a large bank loan to work off.
ftfe-flf ff 'work on sb to try
to persuade sb to
agree to sth or to do
sth it HR ( f£ AIFJSZ^cf$^ ) : He hasn’t said he’ll do it yet, but I’m
working on him. life&Mfife^fft&it,
Xi«IE£AAiMflfeo 'work
on sth to try hard to improve or achieve sth U A$Cl§ ( ) : You need to work on your
pronunciation a bit more. nfES&gfdffiAllI 0 ‘Have you
sorted out a
babysitter yet?’ ‘No, but I’m working on it. ’
m?“saw, nmmt
%0 ” .work 'out 1 to train the body
by physical exercise ibfc&ij]:
I work out regularly to keep fit.
£§
# f$ is IA 0 6 — related noun workout
2 to develop in a successful way ifcffj HfeAM: My
first job didn’t work out. f#Xff
Xf#Xft?0 0 Things
have worked
out quite well for us. Ipff 65^A*t4£fnfftX o .work 'out (at sth) if sth works out at sth, you calculate that it
will be a particular amount if H; \\% X: [+ ADJ] It’ll
work out cheaper to travel by bus. % X .work sb^'out to understand sb’s character 7IX Flt$ ( X£A65'IXf&
) : I’ve never been able to work her out. M A A fl 1% ftfe 65 ffc 14 0 .work sth<-»’out 1 to calculate sth to work
out the
answer if % ft ^ 2 to find the answer to sth
fefij-- 65lsr^; ^iAHEI solve: to work
out a problem M- Iff \B M O (+ wh-] Can you work out what these squiggles mean
? jfc iA X & fS if ^ 65 7* i$ J1 ff A M &
? O I
couldn’t work out where the music was coming from. 3
to plan or
think of sth if $j; %: I’ve
worked out a new way of
doing it. ISM 7#&WJ ■JXfr AA0 4 [usually
passive] to
remove all the coal, minerals, etc. from a mine over a period of time jg , JF X
ft (
^ , fiE /*: # ) : a worked-out
silver mine 65$l?f .work sb~over
[slang) to attack sb and hit them, for example to
make them give you information ff |r]
; Mfft 'work to
sth to follow
a plan, schedule, etc. few ( if $Jv Uf|h]^# ) ; fS#g -179: to work to a budget fe A# 0 We’re
working to a very tight deadline (= we have little time in which to do the
work), jff Cl 65 X $] ill ’M 0 'work towards sth to try to reach or achieve a
goal tj i* 3\, A ('
i ff ) .work
sth^'up to
develop or
improve sth with some effort M X A [ft; f] & iff :
I can’t work up any enthusiasm for his idea, fi Xf fife 65 fJ, A A iX X' X ^ M o o She went for a long walk to
work up an appetite. ftfeA7*lt5nll'$;ifc7 iSfeNiblMif»
.work
sb/yourself 'up (into sth) to make sb/yourself reach a state of great
excitement, anger, etc.
® A : Don’t
work yourself up into a state about it. It isn’t worth it. #ij X lit A zfi
If A 0 & X {I I# 0 o What
are you so worked up about? ff A|Sf3X#ff;& AitfcSfe? .work sth 'up into sth to
bring sth to a more complete or more acceptable state f£ % S ; iff.
fL if ; ft S : I’m working my notes up into a dissertation.
4cJEfEfEX65fl i£lll;-®tto
.work up to
sth to develop or move gradually towards sth, usually sth more exciting or
extreme il if A MJ, iMAI'J ( M M i£ 65 flA ) : The music worked up to a
rousing finale. X 66 Wi Al'J —
ft ^AXM Iff. 0 I began by jogging in the park and worked up to
running five miles a
day. mjfifeiE&mmmM,
Me
■ noun
►
JOB/TASK Xff; ff # 1 [U] the job that
a person does especially in order to earn money X ff ; ik ETCH employment: She had been out
of work (= without a
job) for a year.
fctfetl^Aife — ^To 0 (BrE) They are in work (=
have a job), ftfefi] ffXff 0 0 He started work as a
security guard. flfeff^Xff A M 0 0 It is
difficult to find work in the present economic climate. fE @ fllj
ji^,# £5$fA AfiT fS^feidXff o 0 I’m still looking for work. f^fEfeXff
o 0 She’s
planning to return to work once the children start school, filfe X if $J X
— A ^ fc 'i^c M ± M 0 o What line of work are you
in (= what type of work do you do)? f^XiPfeXff ? o before/after work (= in the morning/evening each
day) XDim; T#£/p o full-time/part-time/unpaid/voluntary work
X 0 $'] / / Aft2 [U] the duties that
you have and the activities that you do as part of your job |R i*t; XffA#: Police
work is mainly routine. T.
ff ± 5:- i fe # $1
(ft o O The accountant described his work to the sales staff. X ififl ^ M if] IR M ff ^ T g
tf IR o — see
also piecework, social work 3
[U] tasks that need to be done Xff; iSif: There is plenty of work to be done
in the garden. o Taking care of a baby is hard
work, w # J L ft ff ^ H0 o I have some work for you to do.
0 Stop talking and get on with your work. 7, ^
H X # flH fS J L BE o — see
also homework, school- work 4
[U] materials needed or used for doing work, especially books, papers, etc. Xff
felf ^ ) : She often brings work (= for
example, files and documents) home with her from the office. A&
o His work was
spread all over the floor. flfeXff 7“'ffeo — see also paperwork
►
PLACE OF JOB Xff itfeA 5 [U]
(used without the XAf the
j^f3) the place
where you do your job Xff fife A,; Xff #-fi; Xff tftfJx: I go to work at
to leave work early
today, fi A A % 7 fi ) L T Iff 0 0 Her
friends from work came to see her in the hospital. iflfeX
►
EFFORT ^ fj 6 [U]
the use of physical strength or mental
power in
order to do or make sth X ff ; ff zfo : She
earned her grades through sheer hard work. -hi
$L
W\. M- M ^ o O We started work on the
project in
2002. ffefH f 2002 ^ B
0 0 Work
continues on
renovating the hotel. f(|^ii^lifett65Xff
f£ ^ ^ o 0 The work of building the bridge took six months. 7a\*M
65Btlh]0 0 The art
collection was
his life’s work. l|£ || £ A pm
fl ftfe ^ X 65 X ff 0 o She set them to work painting the fence,
fttfe if ftfe fllfftffi'JBliifo — see also donkey
work, fieldwork
►
PRODUCT OF WORK Iff ^A 7 [
are produced as a
result of work X ff ^; f* pp ; ff p7 : She’s an artist whose work I really admire. MiXfX
zl A W. 65 ff pp 4- fic ff ^ 7 f
0 Is this all your own work (= did you do it without help from others)? j^ff ffi&Jiff^XTu^^nRr? 0 The book is a detailed and
thorough piece of work covering all aspects of the subject. -7X465AAffiffi, Ji-8I
^^65Affo
►
RESULT OF ACTION Jfl 8 [U] the result of an action;
what is done by sb ff
A ; ff zt] fp A : The damage is clearly the work of vandals. S §£
M ft ® ^ ® if A
t/65AfeAAo
►
book/music/art
4$it; r#X; 9 M a book’
Piece of
music, painting, etc. ^ ff ; ff 6n : the collected/
complete works of Tolstoy 7 STt
# iA A- / X M o works of fiction/literature X A/A7:ff 66 o Beethoven’s
piano works — see also work of art — com
pare opus(2)
►
BUILDING/REPAIRING f#.jg 10 works
[pi.] (often in compounds # Xj il If i^l) activities involving building
or repairing sth 5t; ft; ftif: roadworks jtfiffJjfe
X 0 They
expanded the shipyards and started engineering works,
ftfefilfe^ 1hISA, ff^71ill„ —see
also public works
FACTORY XX 11 works [pi. works)
[C+sing./pl. v.] (often