Working
['wɜːkɪŋ] or ['wɝkɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked.
(adj.) serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity; 'discussed the working draft of a peace treaty'; 'they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects' .
(adj.) adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something; 'the party has a working majority in the House'; 'a working knowledge of Spanish' .
(adj.) actively engaged in paid work; 'the working population'; 'the ratio of working men to unemployed'; 'a working mother'; 'robots can be on the job day and night' .
(adj.) adopted as a temporary basis for further work; 'a working draft'; 'a working hypothesis' .
錄入:默多克--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Work
(-) a & n. from Work.
編輯:路易斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Laboring.[2]. Moving, operating.[3]. On duty, at work.[4]. Fermenting.
n. Motion, operation.
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例句/造句/用法:
- A hard-working man, and not overstrong, he would return to his home from the machine-shop where he was employed, and throw himself on the bed night after night to rest. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Perhaps I had better say, that you must submit to be mildly bored rather than to go on working. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I should think from the color of his clothes that he is working in the quarries. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- A very simple illustration of the working of a steam engine is given in Figure 128. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Taking the horse power as the equivalent of the work of five men, the work of steam is equivalent to that of a population of 500,000,000 working men. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He was one with the _Ingl閟_ still working under the bridge and he was one with all of the battle and with the Republic. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Such a workman at the rate of a thousand nails a-day, and three hundred working days in the year, will make three hundred thousand nails in the year. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Metallurgy is an ancient art, and the working of gold, silver and copper dates back to the beginning of history. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The streets were thronged with working people. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He at length proposed to me travelling all over Europe together, supporting ourselves everywhere by working at our business. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It was evident to me that he was becoming uneasy, and that his plans were not working out altogether as he had hoped. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Of the working out of these beginnings we shall tell later. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Bradley looked at the fire, with a working face, and was silent for a while. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Even to us he assumed gaiety and hope, and assumed them so well, that we did not divine the secret workings of his mind. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She seemed to hinder one's workings. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There may be mysterious workings of the human mind, such as occur only at great crises of history. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- His face was very much agitated and very much flushed, and there were strong workings in the features, and strange gleams in the eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It left less to chance, less to mere individual logical conviction, less to the workings of private self-interest. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Now, merciful Heaven be thanked for that old time, and grant, O Blessed Lord, that through thy wonderful workings it may turn to good at last! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The old workings could not get at it, that was all. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Then break the neck of the old workings. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
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