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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1485页（2715字）

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n．①工作：carry on social work 做社会工作．look for work 找工作．She did a lot of useful work for the Party．她为党作过不少有益工作be at work 正在工作：He’s at work upon a new book．他正在写一本新书．be out of work 失业set(or get)to work 开始工作．set(or go)about one’s work 着手工作．make short work of sth．很快地完成某事．all in the day’s work(用以表示某事物是)正常的，一般的．Many hands make light work．【谚】人多好干活．②活让needle work 针线活．We have plenty of work that needs doing on our school farm．我们学校农场有许多活需要我们干．③工艺品．a piece of embroidery work 一件刺绣工艺品．④作品，着作：Chairman Mao’s works毛主席着作．the collected works of Lenin列宁全集．works of art美术作品．⑤(pl．)机件：the works of a machine机器的部件．⑥(复数形式，常作单数看待)工厂：aniron and steel works钢铁厂．a chemical works化工厂．⑦(pl．)工程；工事，堡垒：field works野战工事．public works公共建筑，公共工程，市政工程．⑧【理】功：a unit of work 功的单位．effective work 有效功．idle work 无用功．

－vi．①工作，干活：work hard努力工作．work long hours长时间地工作．think and work with one heart and one mind．心往一处想，劲往一处使．work faithfully and conscien tiously for the people忠心耿耿地为人民工作．He’s working at French．他正在学法语．This man works in leather．这个人是个皮匠．work away继续工作．Let us work away till sunset．让我们继续工作到日落吧．②(机器、器官等)运转：The gears work smoothly．齿轮运转很好．My brain does not seem to be working well today．今天我的脑袋有点不好使．③顺利进行，有效，行得通：The plan works well．这计划切实可行．④进行，动．The window catch has worked loose．窗钩松了．The ship worked to windward．这船顶着风慢慢前进．⑤发酵：Yeast makes beer work．酵母使啤酒发酵．⑥(心、脸等)跳动，抽动；(思想)翻腾：His thoughts are working within him．他思潮起伏．

－vt．①使…工作，操作，开动：Don’t work the horse too much．不要使马过累．I don’t know how to work this machine．我不知道怎样开(用)这台机器．②产生，造成，引起：work miracles创奇迹．This new drug can work wonders．这种新药有奇效．Owing to the precautionary measures we had taken，the typhoon did not work much damage．由于我们采取了预防措施，台风并未造成很大的损失．work one’s will(upon sb．)(在某人身上)完成自己的目标，操纵(某人)．work it【俚】完成某事，做好，弄好．③经营，开办，开采：work a state farm办国营农场．work a mine开矿．④努力而进，渐进，移动：work one’s way through a crowd挤过人群．Can you work the screw tight?你能把这螺丝拧紧吗?He worked himself into a temper．他发起火来．⑤锻轧；揉(面等)．⑥绣(花样等)．work the five Chinese characters′为人民服务’on a satchel把‘为人民服务’五个字绣在书包上．

△work in 1)渐入，插入，织入：The dust works in everywhere．灰尘落得到处都是．The singer worked in an extra song．演唱者又加唱了一支歌．2)调合，配合：We worked in a little silver with the alloy．我们在合金里配了一点银．work off 1)勉强除掉(债务等)；勉强卖掉．2)补做，清理：work off arrears清理尾活．work out1)完成，拟订：work out a programme制定规划．work out concrete measures制定具体措施．2)算出，解决：I’ve worked out your share of the expenses at fifty-two cents．我算出你应付的钱是五角二分．Things just never work out so easily．没有那种便宜事情．3)采尽，(人)精疲力尽：The mine was worked out five years ago．这个矿五年前就采完了．4)做工顶债．work up 1)整理，加工：Work these facts up into an article for a weekly journal．把这些事实整理成为一篇文章在周刊上发表．2)使…紧张，兴奋，生气．3)发生，引起．4)发展(故事情节等)．