works

1. VERB 工作;从业;就职
   People who work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
   1. Weiner works for the US Department of Transport...
      韦纳就职于美国交通部。
   2. I started working in a recording studio...
      我开始在一个录音棚工作。
   3. Where do you work?...
      你在哪儿工作？
   4. He worked as a bricklayer's mate...
      他给瓦工打下手。
   5. I want to work, I don't want to be on welfare.
      我想去工作，不想吃救济。
2. N-UNCOUNT 工作;职业
   People who have work or who are in work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
   1. Fewer and fewer people are in work...
      就业人数越来越少。
   2. I was out of work at the time...
      那时我失业了。
   3. She'd have enough money to provide for her children until she could find work...
      她在找到工作前应该有足够的钱供养孩子。
   4. What kind of work do you do?
      你是做什么工作的？
3. VERB 工作;劳动;干活
   When you work, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job.
   1. I can't talk to you right now—I'm working...
      这会儿我不能跟你说话——我在干活儿。
   2. He was working at his desk...
      他正在桌前用功。
   3. Some firms expect the guards to work twelve hours a day.
      有些公司要求保安每天工作12小时。

The verb work has a different meaning in the continuous tenses than it does in the simple tenses. You use the continuous tenses, with the '-ing' form, to talk about a temporary job, but the simple tenses to talk about a permanent job. For example, if you say 'I'm working in London', this suggests that the situation is temporary and you may soon move to a different place. If you say 'I work in London', this suggests that London is your permanent place of work.
动词 work 用于进行时和一般时时意义不同。用于进行时表示工作是临时性的，例如，I'm working in London (我目前在伦敦工作)暗示这种情形是暂时的，可能很快就会迁移到另一个地方。用于一般时则表示工作是固定的，例如，I work in London (我在伦敦工作)，暗示伦敦是固定的工作地点。

4. N-UNCOUNT 工作;活儿;活计
   Your work consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job.
   1. We're supposed to be running a business here. I've got work to do...
      我们在这里应该是要经营公司。我有一堆的事情要做。
   2. I used to take work home, but I don't do it any more...
      我过去常把活儿带回家干，不过我如今再也不这么做了。
   3. There have been days when I have finished work at 2pm.
      有一段时间我凌晨两点才干完活儿。
   4. ...an image of teaching which highlighted the stressful and difficult aspects of the teacher's work.
      突出显示了教师工作的压力和困难的教学场景
5. VERB 努力干;用功
   When you work, you spend time and effort doing a task that needs to be done or trying to achieve something.
   1. Linda spends all her time working on the garden...
      琳达把所有时间都花在打理花园上。
   2. While I was working on my letter the telephone rang...
      我正在写信，电话铃响了。
   3. Leonard was working at his German. His mistakes made her laugh...
      伦纳德正在学习德语，他出的洋相让她哈哈大笑。
   4. The most important reason for coming to university is to work for a degree...
      上大学最重要的原因就是要拿个学位。
   5. The government expressed hope that all the sides will work towards a political solution.
      政府表示希望各方共同努力，制订出政治解决方案。
   6. Work is also a noun.
      
   7. There was a lot of work to do on their house...
      他们的房子有很多地方需要收拾。
   8. We hadn't appreciated how much work was involved in organizing a wedding...
      我们没有意识到筹备婚礼有多少事情要做。
   9. He said that the peace plan would be rejected because it needed more work.
      他说和平计划会被否决，因为还需要进一步修改。
6. N-UNCOUNT 工作单位;工作地点
   Work is the place where you do your job.
   1. Many people travel to work by car...
      很多人开车去上班。
   2. She told her friends at work that she was trying to lose weight.
      她跟单位的朋友说她在努力减肥。
7. N-UNCOUNT 工作成果
   Work is something which you produce as a result of an activity or as a result of doing your job.
   1. It can help to have an impartial third party look over your work...
      让客观公正的第三方看一下你的成果会有助益。
   2. Tidiness in the workshop is really essential for producing good work...
      工作间干净整洁对于生产出好的产品非常重要。
   3. That's a beautiful piece of work. You should be proud of it.
      那件作品非常漂亮，你应当为之自豪。
8. N-COUNT (艺术家、作家、作曲家等的)作品；著作
   A work is something such as a painting, book, or piece of music produced by an artist, writer, or composer.
   1. In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatest work...
      我认为这是伦勃朗最伟大的作品。
   2. Under his arm, there was a book which looked like the complete works of Shakespeare...
      他胳膊底下夹着一本书，看上去就像是夹了《莎士比亚全集》。
   3. The church has several valuable works of art.
      教堂有几件珍贵的艺术品。
9. VERB 研究；对…作调查
   If someone is working on a particular subject or question, they are studying or researching it.
   1. Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules of this type.
      邦尼特教授多年来一直在从事这种分子的研究工作。
   2. Work is also a noun.
      
   3. Their work shows that one-year-olds are much more likely to have allergies if either parent smokes.
      他们的研究表明，如果父母中有一人吸烟，一岁婴儿患过敏的可能性就会大大增加。
10. VERB 协助;帮助
    If you work with a person or a group of people, you spend time and effort trying to help them in some way.
    1. She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer...
       她有一段时间曾帮助垂危的癌症患者。
    2. He knew then that he wanted to work among the poor.
       他那时明白了自己想帮助穷人。
    3. Work is also a noun.
       
    4. ...a highly respected priest who is noted for his work with the poor...
       以救助穷人闻名的备受尊敬的教士
    5. She became involved in social and relief work among the refugees.
       她参加了帮助难民的社会救济工作。
11. VERB (机器或设备)运转，运行
    If a machine or piece of equipment works, it operates and performs a particular function.
    1. The pump doesn't work and we have no running water...
       水泵坏了，我们没有自来水了。
    2. Is the telephone working today?...
       电话今天能用吗？
    3. Ned turned on the lanterns, which worked with batteries...
       内德打开开关亮起了装电池的灯笼。
    4. How does the gun work?
       这枪怎么用?
12. VERB 奏效;成功
    If an idea, system, or way of doing something works, it is successful, effective, or satisfactory.
    1. 95 per cent of these diets do not work...
       这些节食方法95%都不起作用。
    2. If lust is all there is to hold you together, the relationship will never work...
       如果肉欲是你们在一起的唯一理由，这种关系是不会持久的。
    3. I shouldn't have come, I knew it wouldn't work...
       我不应该来，我知道这起不了什么作用。
    4. A methodical approach works best.
       有条不紊的方法效果最佳。
13. VERB (药物)起作用，产生疗效
    If a drug or medicine works, it produces a particular physical effect.
    1. I wake at 6 am as the sleeping pill doesn't work for more than nine hours...
       安眠药的药效不会超过9个小时，所以我清晨6点就醒了。
    2. The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.
       这种药物通过提高大脑中血清素的含量来产生疗效。
14. VERB 产生(有利或不利的)影响
    If something works in your favour, it helps you in some way. If something works to your disadvantage, it causes problems for you in some way.
    1. One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image...
       据认为，一个帮上了他的因素就是他的工人阶级形象。
    2. This obviously works against the interests of the child.
       这显然会对孩子不利。
15. VERB 对…产生(神奇的影响);使…深受（魅力感染）
    If something or someone works their magic or works their charms on a person, they have a powerful positive effect on them.
    1. Nevertheless, she is always optimistic about the possibilities and can work her charm on the disenchanted...
       虽然如此，她总是乐观地抱持希望，并能深深地感染那些心灰意冷的人。
    2. Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.
       苦中带甜的酒发挥了奇效，我们的精神随之振奋起来。
16. VERB (脑筋)转动，开动
    If your mind or brain is working, you are thinking about something or trying to solve a problem.
    1. My mind was working frantically, running over the events of the evening.
       我的大脑疯狂地运转，把那晚发生的事情飞快地一幕幕重演。
17. VERB 以(某种假定或思想)为基础(或前提)
    If you work on an assumption or idea, you act as if it were true or base other ideas on it, until you have more information.
    1. We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosion.
       我们假设这是一场燃气爆炸事故。
18. VERB 在(某地或某类场所)工作;在…奔波
    If you work a particular area or type of place, you travel around that area or work in those places as part of your job, for example trying to sell something there.
    1. Brand has been working the clubs and the pubs since 1986, developing her comedy act...
       布兰德自1986年以来一直在俱乐部和酒吧表演，提高她的喜剧演技。
    2. This is the seventh year that he has worked the streets of Manhattan.
       这是他在曼哈顿街头献艺的第7个年头。
19. VERB 让…干活；让…工作
    If you work someone, you make them spend time and effort doing a particular activity or job.
    1. They're working me too hard. I'm too old for this...
       他们把我用得太狠了，我老了，干不了这种活儿啦。
    2. They didn't take my father away, but kept him in the village and worked him to death.
       他们没有把我爸爸带走，而是一直让他在村里干活，把他活活累死了。
20. VERB (常指政客或艺人)博得，赢得(众人的支持或欢心)
    If someone, often a politician or entertainer, works a crowd, they create a good relationship with the people in the crowd and get their support or interest.
    1. The Prime Minister has an ability to work a crowd — some might even suggest it is a kind of charm...
       首相有种感召人群的本事——有些人甚至认为这是一种魅力。
    2. He worked the room like a politician, gripping hands, and slapping backs.
       他又是握手，又是拍背，像个政客一样把一屋子的人都笼络了一番。
21. VERB 种，耕种(地)
    When people work the land, they do all the tasks involved in growing crops.
    1. Farmers worked the fertile valleys.
       农民们在肥沃的山谷里耕种。
22. VERB 开采(矿)
    When a mine is worked, minerals such as coal or gold are removed from it.
    1. The mines had first been worked in 1849, when gold was discovered in California...
       1849年加利福尼亚发现金矿时，这些矿第一次被开采。
    2. Only an agreed number of men was allowed to work any given seam at any given time.
       只有少数得到批准的人可以在特定时间开采特定的矿层。
23. VERB 使用，操纵(机器或设备)
    If you work a machine or piece of equipment, you use or control it.
    1. Many adults still depend on their children to work the video.
       很多成年人仍然要靠孩子来操作录像机。
24. VERB 慢慢变成;逐渐变得
    If something works into a particular state or condition, it gradually moves so that it is in that state or condition.
    1. A screw had worked loose from my glasses.
       我眼镜上有一个螺丝松了。
25. VERB 按，压，揉(面团、黏土等)
    If you work a substance such as dough or clay, you keep pressing it to make it have a particular texture.
    1. Work the dough with the palm of your hand until it is very smooth...
       用手掌将面团揉至光滑为止。
    2. Remove rind from the cheese and work it to a firm paste, with a fork.
       将奶酪的外皮去掉，用叉子将其压成硬硬的膏状。
26. VERB 加工;处理
    If you work a material such as metal, leather, or stone, you cut, sew, or shape it in order to make something or to create a design.
    1. ...the machines needed to extract and work the raw stone.
       开采加工原石的机器
    2. ...a long, cool tunnel of worked stone.
       一条跨度长且阴凉的石凿隧道
27. VERB 使用，采用(某种材料或物质)
    If you work with a particular substance or material, you use it in order to make something or to create a design.
    1. He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay.
       他学习雕塑是因为他喜欢玩黏土。
28. V-ERG (使)(身体某部分)活动
    If you work a part of your body, or if it works, you move it.
    1. Each position will work the muscles in a different way...
       每种姿势都会以不同方式活动肌肉。
    2. Her mouth was working in her sleep.
       她睡着的时候嘴巴还在动。
29. N-COUNT-COLL 工厂
    A works is a place where something is manufactured or where an industrial process is carried out. Works is used to refer to one or to more than one of these places.
    1. The steel works could be seen for miles.
       这个钢厂几英里外都能看见。
    2. ...a recycling works.
       回收工厂
    3. ...the works canteen.
       工厂餐厅
30. N-PLURAL 土木工程;建筑工程
    Works are activities such as digging the ground or building on a large scale.
    1. ...six years of disruptive building works, road construction and urban development.
       6年间进行的破坏性的建筑工程、道路修筑和城市扩建
31. N-SING (某种类型的)全部物件，全套物品
    You can say the works after listing things such as someone's possessions or requirements, to emphasize that they possess or require everything you can think of in a particular category.
    1. Amazing place he's got there—squash courts, swimming pool, jacuzzi, the works.
       他的那个地方真是太棒了——壁球场、游泳池、按摩浴池，一应俱全。
32. See also: working
33. PHRASE 干活儿;做工作;忙着做事
    If someone is at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
    1. The salvage teams are already hard at work trying to deal with the spilled oil...
       救援队已经在紧张地设法处理溢出的石油。
    2. He is currently at work on a novel...
       他这会儿正忙着写一篇小说。
    3. Television cameras were invited in to film him at work.
       电视台摄像师被请进来拍摄他工作的镜头。
34. PHRASE 起作用;发挥效用
    If a force or process is at work, it is having a particular influence or effect.
    1. The report suggested that the same trend was at work in politics...
       这份报告表明，同一趋势也在影响着政治。
    2. It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces at work behind our own actions.
       重要的是，要理解在我们自身行动背后起作用的强大的经济和社会力量。
35. PHRASE (做…)有很大困难，困难重重
    If you say that you will have your work cut out to do something, you mean that it will be a very difficult task.
    1. The new administration has its work cut out for it. Creating jobs in this kind of environment is not going to be easy...
       新一届政府面临重重困难。在这种环境下创造就业机会绝非易事。
    2. He will have his work cut out to get into the team.
       他要进入该队困难重重。
36. PHRASE 已列入计划;已开始
    If something is in the works, it has already been planned or begun.
    1. He said there were dozens of economic plans in the works...
       他说有几十项经济计划已经开始实施。
    2. Nobody should be surprised by this. It's been in the works for some time.
       不应该有人对此感到惊奇，这事已经张罗了有一阵子了。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 in the pipeline


37. PHRASE （费力或轻而易举地）做，完成
    You can use work to talk about how easily or quickly a particular task is done. For example, if a person or thing makes short work of doing something or makes light work of it, they do it quickly and easily.
    1. An aerosol spray will make short work of painting awkward objects...
       用喷罐来喷涂，不好对付的物品也能轻松搞定。
    2. This horse made light work of the cross-country course...
       这匹马轻松地跑完了越野赛程。
    3. Australia made hard work of beating them.
       澳大利亚队非常艰难地击败了他们。
38. PHRASE 讨厌鬼;恶棍
    If you describe someone as a nasty piece of work, you think they are very unpleasant or cruel.
    1. Underneath I think he's actually a rather nasty piece of work.
       内心里我觉得他是个非常讨厌的家伙。
39. PHRASE 让…工作;派给…任务
    If you put someone to work or set them to work, you give them a job or task to do.
    1. By stimulating the economy, we're going to put people to work...
       我们将通过刺激经济让人们实现就业。
    2. Instead of sending them to prison, we have set them to work helping the lemon growers.
       我们没有把他们送进监狱，而是让他们帮种柠檬的果农干活儿。
40. PHRASE 开始做;着手处理
    If you get to work ,go to work, or set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
    1. He promised to get to work on the state's massive deficit...
       他承诺着手解决国家庞大的财政赤字问题。
    2. He returned to America where he set to work on a new novel.
       他返回美国，开始写一部新小说。
41. PHRASE 艰难地移动；缓慢地取得进展
    If you work your way somewhere, you move or progress there slowly, and with a lot of effort or work.
    1. Rescuers were still working their way towards the trapped men...
       营救人员仍在艰难地向被困者靠拢。
    2. Many personnel managers started as secretaries or personnel assistants and worked their way up.
       很多人事经理最初是从秘书或人事助理做起，然后慢慢升上去的。
42. CONVENTION 干得不错;干得漂亮
    You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
    1. Nice work, Matthew. I knew you could do it.
       干得好，马修。我知道你能行。
43. to throw a spanner in the works → see: spanner

1. Britain's two main auction houses, Sotheby's and Christies, have been involved in valuing the works.
   英国最大的两家拍卖行，苏富比和佳士得参与了对这些作品的估价。
2. Troops destroyed the capital and confiscated many works of art as war booty.
   军队摧毁了这座都城，并把大量艺术品收缴为战利品。
3. The house is crammed with priceless furniture and works of art
   房子里摆满了昂贵的家具和艺术品。
4. Major works of painting, sculpture, mosaic and architecture were examined in situ in Venice.
   重要的绘画、雕塑、镶嵌画和建筑作品都在威尼斯原地得到了仔细检查。
5. Malcolm works in isolation but I have no doubts about his abilities.
   马尔科姆单打独干，但我对他的能力丝毫不怀疑。
6. He's a very keen student and works very hard
   他是个很好学的学生，学习非常努力。
7. Her colourful oils and works on paper have a naive, dreamlike quality.
   她那些色彩斑斓的油画与纸上作品给人一种天真、梦幻般的感觉。
8. It is one of the most original works of imagination in the language.
   这是用该语言写成的最具独创性和想象力的作品之一。
9. The switch works by passing a pulse of current between the tip and the surface.
   那个开关通过在末梢和表面之间传输电流脉冲工作。
10. How can I read a Microsoft Excel file on a computer that only has Works installed?
    我怎样在只安装了Works软件的电脑上读取微软的Excel文件呢？
11. I think these books can stand comparison quite happily with works by Dickens
    我认为这些书能和狄更斯的作品相媲美。
12. Elgar supplied his works with precise indications of tempo.
    埃尔加给自己的作品标上了精确的节奏标记。
13. He has already transferred ownership of most of the works to a British foundation
    他已把大部分作品的所有权转让给一家英国基金会。
14. Under his arm, there was a book which looked like the complete works of Shakespeare
    他胳膊底下夹着一本书，看上去就像是夹了《莎士比亚全集》。
15. The church has several valuable works of art.
    教堂有几件珍贵的艺术品。
16. This obviously works against the interests of the child.
    这显然会对孩子不利。
17. He said there were dozens of economic plans in the works
    他说有几十项经济计划已经开始实施。
18. Nobody should be surprised by this. It's been in the works for some time.
    不应该有人对此感到惊奇，这事已经张罗了有一阵子了。
19. He now works in industry and writes on science in his spare time.
    他现在在企业工作，业余时间写点科学文章。
20. This way works!
    这办法中！
21. They issued a new edition of Lu Xun's works.
    他们发行了鲁迅著作的一个新版本。
22. He gave the newcomer the works.
    他捉弄了这个新来的人。
23. His works are included in this anthology of stories.
    这本小说集收录了他的作品。
24. The later works are the composer's best.
    晚期作品是这位作曲家的佳作。
25. Works of art and priceless historical records were ruthlessly destroyed.
    艺术品和珍贵史料全被无情地毁掉了。
26. These works have a strong flavour of rural life.
    这些作品具有浓郁的农村生活气息。
27. He works at the mine.
    他在矿上工作。
28. These art works bear witness to the creativeness of the Chinese people.
    这些艺术作品是中国人民创造性的见证。
29. Literary works of this kind are well received by the masses.
    这样的文学作品很受群众欢迎。
30. A knowledge of anatomy adds to the appreciation of works of art.
    解剖学知识有助于提高对艺术作品的鉴赏力。

  anthology collection works【导航词义：文集】

  anthology n. 选集

〔辨析〕主要指诗选，也可指故事、歌曲等的选集，其内容可以选自不同出处，但必须是同一主题。

  collection n. 作品集

〔辨析〕指故事、诗歌等的集子或音乐专辑。

  works n. 作品，著作

〔辨析〕指文字、绘画、音乐等的一系列作品，可以是选集或全集。

  factory mill plant works【导航词义：工厂】

  factory n. 工厂

〔辨析〕指使用机器设备大批量制造产品的工厂。

  mill n. 工厂

〔辨析〕指生产棉纱、布匹、钢铁等材料的工厂。

  plant n. 工厂

〔辨析〕指发电厂或进行工业生产的工厂。

  works n. 工厂

〔辨析〕泛指工厂，常和其他词构成复合词。

noun

1. performance of moral or religious acts
   1. salvation by deeds
   2. the reward for good works

   Synonym:    deeds

2. buildings for carrying on industrial labor
   1. they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles

   Synonym:    plantindustrial plant

3. the internal mechanism of a device

   Synonym:    workings

4. everything available
   1. we saw the whole shebang
   2. a hotdog with the works
   3. we took on the whole caboodle
   4. for $10 you get the full treatment

   Synonym:    whole shebangwhole kit and caboodlekit and caboodlewhole kit and boodlekit and boodlewhole kitwhole caboodlewhole worksfull treatment