Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #125
work
工作；职业
employment; paid work
- 1.
Employment.
工作；职业
- 2.
activity directed toward making or doing something
旨在做某事的活动
- 3.
Effort.
努力；劳动
- 4.
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
通过个人或事物的努力或活动产生的产品
- 5.
Product; the result of effort.
产品；成果
- 6.
the occupation for which you are paid
你所从事的有报酬的职业
- 7.
Ore before it is dressed.
原矿
- 8.
The confident attitude of a drag queen.
变装皇后的自信态度
工作；劳动；努力；作品；成果；原矿；矿石；（变装皇后的）自信姿态；旨在做某事的活动
In use
She is looking for work in the city.
Cleaning the whole house took a lot of work.
This painting is one of his best works.
she checked several points needing further work
it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works
the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work
he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey
the work of an active imagination
erosion is the work of wind or water over time
Connections
Collocations
- hard work
- 辛勤工作
- Success requires hard work.成功需要辛勤工作。
- work experience
- 工作经验
- She gained valuable work experience at that company.她在那个公司获得了宝贵的工作经验。
- work of art
- 艺术作品
- The museum has many works of art.博物馆有许多艺术作品。
- at work
- 在工作中
- He is at work until five o'clock.他工作到五点。
- go to work
- 去上班
- I go to work by bus every day.我每天乘公交车去上班。
- team work
- 团队合作
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将work联想为“我渴”（wǒ kě），工作累了就会口渴，所以“我渴”就是工作。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：职场、日常工作 作为名词时，work 通常指工作或职业，在正式和非正式场合都广泛使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words rhyming with 'work' (perk, lurk, jerk) share the /ɜːk/ sound. Words spelled with 'ork' (fork, pork, stork) are lookalikes but pronounced with /ɔːk/.
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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