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[] to have a job 工作；有工作 ◆ Both my parents work. 我父母都有工作。 ◆ Do you work full-time or part-time? 你的工作是全职还是兼职？ ◆ She works for an engineering company.她在一家工程公司工作。 ◆ He works as a programmer.他是程序员。
[] to do sth that involves physical or mental effort, especially as part of your job 工作；做；干 ◆ You've been working too hard. Take a break. 你工作太辛苦了。休息一下吧。 ◆ My boss works very long hours. 我的老板工作时间很长。 ◆ What project are you working on ?你在做甚麽项目？ ◆ We need to work at improving customer service.我们必须致力於改进客户服务。
[] to make efforts to achieve sth 努力实现 ◆ We're working hard to find a solution to the problem.我们在努力寻求解决这个问题的办法。
[] to make yourself/sb work, especially very hard 使自己或某人工作（尤指努力工作） ◆ She works her staff hard and pays them well. 她让员工工作很辛苦但支付的薪水也颇高。
[] to manage or operate sth in order to gain benefit from it 管理；经营 ◆ Some of the sales reps have to work a very large area. 有些销售代表不得不管理很大的区域。
[] to function; to operate 运转；运行 ◆ My phone isn't working. 我的电话坏了。 ◆ The new search engine works well. 这一新搜索引擎很好用。 ◆ The article examines how companies work. 这篇文章探讨的是公司的营运方式。
[] to make a machine, device, etc. operate 操作（机器、装置等） ◆ teaching customers how to work a VCR 教顾客如何操作录像机 ◆ The machine is worked by wind power. 这台机器由风能推动。
[] to have the result or effect that you want 起作用；奏效 ◆ Our plan didn't work. 我们的计划没有奏效。 ◆ The new informal meetings just aren't working. 新的非正式会议根本就没有效果。 ◆ We think the new appraisal system works well. 我们认为新评估体系效果很好。
[] to have a particular effect 有特定影响 ◆ The fact that he is so young could work against him.他太年轻这个事实可能会给他带来不利影响。 ◆ The strength of the local currency worked in our favour .坚挺的当地货币对我们有利。
[] to move or pass to a particular place or state, usually gradually （通常指逐步地）移动到某地点，达到某状态 ◆ She worked her way from sales assistant to senior manager.她从售货员一直干到高级经理。
to calculate an amount or the cost of sth 计算出（某物的金额或成本） ◆ We need to work out how much it will cost. 我们得计算出其成本。
to find the answer to sth; to solve sth 解答；解决 ◆ I finally worked out what the problem was. 我终於找到了问题症结。
to plan or think of sth 计划；想到 ◆ Have you worked out the best way to do it? 你想出做这件事的最佳方法了吗？