work释义较多，应根据上下文来理解
verb
做工；执行任务 do job/task
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~ (at/on sth)
做体力（或脑力）工作；劳动；干活
to do sth that involves physical or mental effort, especially as part of a job
[V] I can't work if I'm cold.
我要是觉得冷就干不了活。
I've been working at my assignment all day.
我整天都在做作业。
He is working on a new novel.
他正在写一部新小说。
She's outside, working on the car.
她在外面修理汽车。
[VN] Doctors often work very long hours.
医生经常长时间工作。
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[V] ~ (for sb/sth) | ~ (as sth)
受雇于；从事…工作
to have a job
Both my parents work.
我父母都工作。
She works for an engineering company.
她在一家工程公司工作。
I've always worked in education.
我一直从事教育工作。
Do you enjoy working with children?
你喜欢做儿童工作吗？
My son is working as a teacher.
我的儿子是当老师的。
努力 make effort
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[VN] 使工作；（尤指）使卖力干活
to make yourself/sb work, especially very hard
She works herself too hard.
她工作起来太不辞劳苦了。
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~ (for sth)
争取；力争；努力取得
to make efforts to achieve sth
[V] She dedicated her life to working for peace.
她为争取和平奉献了自己的一生。
[V to inf] The committee is working to get the prisoners freed.
委员会正在设法营救那些被监禁的人出狱。
管理 manage
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[VN] 管理，经营（以获利）
to manage or operate sth to gain benefit from it
to work the land (= grow crops on it, etc.)
耕种土地
He works a large area (= selling a company's goods, etc.) .
他负责一个大地区的工作。
(figurative) She was a skilful speaker who knew how to work a crowd (= to excite them or make them feel sth strongly) .
她是个很有技巧的演讲者，善于感召听众。
机器；装置 machine/device
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[V] 运转；运行
to function; to operate
The phone isn't working.
这部电话坏了。
It works by electricity.
这是电动的。
Are they any closer to understanding how the brain works?
他们对大脑功能的了解有进展吗？
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[VN] 开动，操作（机器、装置等）；使运作
to make a machine, device, etc. operate
Do you know how to work the coffee machine?
你会使用咖啡机吗？
The machine is worked by wind power.
这台机器是以风力推动的。
有结果 / 作用 have result/effect
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[V] ~ (on sb/sth)
奏效；产生预期的结果（或作用）
to have the result or effect that you want
The pills the doctor gave me aren't working.
医生给我的药片不管事。
My plan worked, and I got them to agree.
我的计划奏效了，我让他们同意了。
His charm doesn't work on me (= does not affect or impress me) .
我不为他的魅力所动。
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[V + adv./prep.] 产生…作用
to have a particular effect
Your age can work against you in this job.
你的年纪会妨碍你干这个工作。
Speaking Italian should work in his favour.
会说意大利语应对他有好处。
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[VN] 使奏效；（由于努力）造成，产生
to cause or produce sth as a result of effort
You can work miracles with very little money if you follow our home decoration tips.
你要是按照我们的家居装饰诀窍行事，可以用很少的钱就产生奇妙的效果。
使用材料 use material
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[VN] ~ sth (into sth)
（通过压挤、拉长、锤击等）使成形，使定形
to make a material into a particular shape or form by pressing, stretching, hitting it, etc.
to work clay
制陶
to work gold
打制金器
to work the mixture into a paste
把混合物调成糊状
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[V] ~ (in/with sth)
(of an artist, etc. 艺术家等) 用某种材料作画（或编制、编织等）
to use a particular material to produce a picture or other item
an artist working in oils
油画画家
a craftsman working with wool
毛织手工艺人
脸 / 身体部位 of part of face/body
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[V] (formal) 抽动；抽搐；颤动
to move violently
He stared at me in horror, his mouth working.
他恐惧地盯着我，嘴在抽搐着。
逐渐移动 move gradually
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（逐渐地）移动（到某位置）；（逐步）变成（某状态）
to move or pass to a particular place or state, usually gradually
[V] It will take a while for the drug to work out of your system.
这药得需要一段时间才能排出你的体外。
[VN] (figurative) He worked his way to the top of his profession.
他一步一步努力，终于成为行业内的翘楚。
[VN-ADJ] I was tied up, but managed to work myself free.
我被捆绑起来，但设法挣脱了绳索。
[V-ADJ] The screw had worked loose .
这螺丝钉松动了。
noun
工作；任务 job/task
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[U] 工作；职业
the job that a person does especially in order to earn money
同义词： employment
She had been out of work (= without a job) for a year.
她已经失业一年了。
(BrE) They are in work (= have a job) .
他们有工作。
He started work as a security guard.
他开始工作时做保安员。
It is difficult to find work in the present economic climate.
在目前这种经济大气候下很难找到工作。
I'm still looking for work.
我仍在找工作。
She's planning to return to work once the children start school.
她正计划孩子一入学就恢复上班。
What line of work are you in (= what type of work do you do) ?
你干哪种工作？
before/after work (= in the morning/evening each day)
上班前；下班后
full-time/part-time/unpaid/voluntary work
全日制 / 兼职 / 无报酬的 / 志愿工作
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[U] 职责；工作内容
the duties that you have and the activities that you do as part of your job
Police work is mainly routine.
警察的工作主要都是按常规的。
The accountant described his work to the sales staff.
会计师向销售部的职员介绍了自己的职责。
see also piecework, social work
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[U] 工作；活计
tasks that need to be done
There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
花园里有很多活要干。
Taking care of a baby is hard work .
照看婴儿是件苦差。
I have some work for you to do.
我有些事要你做。
Stop talking and get on with your work.
别说话了，继续干你们的活儿吧。
see also homework, schoolwork
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[U] 工作所需的材料（或档案等）
materials needed or used for doing work , especially books, papers, etc.
She often brings work (= for example, files and documents) home with her from the office.
她经常把办公室里的工作带回家。
His work was spread all over the floor.
他工作的材料摊了一地。
see also paperwork
工作地点 place of job
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[U] (used without the 不与the连用) 工作地点；工作单位；工作场所
the place where you do your job
I go to work at 8 o'clock.
我8点钟去上班。
When do you leave for work ?
你什么时候去上班？
The new legislation concerns health and safety at work .
这项新法规涉及工作场所的健康与安全。
I have to leave work early today.
我今天得早点儿下班。
Her friends from work came to see her in the hospital.
她工作单位的朋友来医院看望她。
努力 effort
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[U] 工作；劳动
the use of physical strength or mental power in order to do or make sth
She earned her grades through sheer hard work .
她的学习成绩完全是靠刻苦用功得来的。
We started work on the project in 2002.
我们于2002年开始干这个项目。
Work continues on renovating the hotel.
修整这家旅馆的工作在继续。
The work of building the bridge took six months.
修建这座桥的工作用了六个月的时间。
The art collection was his life's work .
收集艺术品是他一生的工作。
She set them to work painting the fence.
她让他们粉刷围墙。
see also donkey work, fieldwork
工作成果 product of work
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[U] 工作成果；产品；作品
a thing or things that are produced as a result of work
She's an artist whose work I really admire.
她这位艺术家的作品令我赞赏不已。
Is this all your own work (= did you do it without help from others) ?
这件作品是你独立完成的吗？
The book is a detailed and thorough piece of work covering all aspects of the subject.
这本书包括了这一学科的方方面面，是一部缜密翔实的大作。
行动结果 result of action
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[U] 作为；行动结果
the result of an action; what is done by sb
The damage is clearly the work of vandals.
这毁损显然是些恣意破坏公物的人所为。
书籍；音乐；艺术 book/music/art
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[C] 著作；作品
a book, piece of music, painting, etc.
the collected/complete works of Tolstoy
托尔斯泰选集 / 全集
works of fiction/literature
小说 / 文学作品
Beethoven's piano works
贝多芬的钢琴曲
see also work of art
compare opus(2)
修造 building/repairing
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works
[pl.] (often in compounds 常构成复合词) 建；修；修建
activities involving building or repairing sth
roadworks
道路施工
They expanded the shipyards and started engineering works.
他们扩建造船厂，开始了工程施工。
see also public works
工厂 factory
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works
【不规则形式】 pl. works
[C + sing./pl. v.] (often in compounds 常构成复合词) 工厂
a place where things are made or industrial processes take place
an engineering works
机器制造厂
a brickworks
砖厂
note at factory
机器部件 parts of machine
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the works
[pl.] （机器等的）活动部件
the moving parts of a machine, etc.
同义词： mechanism
所有的事物 everything
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the works
[pl.] (informal) 所有的事物；全套物品
everything
We went to the chip shop and had the works: fish, chips, gherkins, mushy peas.
我们去薯条店吃了套餐：炸鱼、炸薯条、小黄瓜、豆泥。
物理 physics
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[U] 功；做功
the use of force to produce movement
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