Word · Frequency #125
work
工作；干活
do a task using physical or mental effort
- 1.
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
从事体力或脑力工作
- 2.
To be operative in a specified way.
以特定方式运作
- 3.
To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
使运作；使发生
- 4.
To continue laboriously.
费力地继续
- 5.
To ferment (produce alcohol from sugars).
发酵；酿酒
- 6.
To embroider with thread.
刺绣
运转；起作用；使运行；使发生；苦干；费力进行；发酵；酿造；绣花
In use
She works at a local hospital as a nurse.
I am working on a report for tomorrow's meeting.
He worked in the garden all afternoon.
Verb forms
base work · third person works · -ing working · past worked · past participle worked
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- work hard
- 努力工作
- She works hard every day.她每天都很努力工作。
- work from home
- 在家办公
- Many people now work from home.现在许多人在家办公。
- work on
- 从事…；致力于…
- He is working on a new project.他正在做一个新项目。
- work well
- 运转良好；奏效
- The new system works well.新系统运转良好。
- work together
- 合作；共同努力
- The two teams worked together on the problem.两个团队共同解决了这个问题。
- work wonders
- 创造奇迹；见效
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：work 里的 R 像人弯着腰干活，walk 里的 L 像人直着腿走路——所以 work 是‘工作’，walk 是‘走路’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation、workplace、technical or craft writing work 通常为中性词，日常对话和工作场合都很常用；在表示‘发酵’或‘刺绣’等专业含义时，多用于技术或工艺说明，语域会偏正式一些。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 work 的美式发音 /wɝk/ 押韵，词尾都读 /ɝk/。注意：cork /kɔːrk/、fork /fɔːrk/ 虽然拼写以 -ork 结尾，但元音不同，并不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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