work的用法总结大全

2. Work Up

• Work up the feeling: To evoke an emotional state (ex: Work up the courage, the excitement, an appetite).

唤起某种情绪(例如：拿出勇气，拿出激情，拿出渴望)

• Work up to something: To arrive at something through preparation (ex: Even though he could only run 5 km, he was determined work up to the full 42 km distance of a marathon little by little over the next 6 months.)

通过准备，达到做成某事(例如：尽管他只跑了五千米，但是他决心在接下来六个月中，一点一点的完成42千米的马拉松。)

• To be/ Get Worked Up: To get stressed or upset about something. (ex: he doesn’t like to drive during rush hour [when there’s a lot of traffic] because he gets worked upand honks his horn all the time.)

因为某事而感到压力或忧伤(例如：他不想在上下班高峰期开车(那时候交通会非常拥挤)，因为他不想变得烦躁，然后不断地按喇叭)

3. Work On

• To spend time and effort improving something (ex: I have a lot of problems with my pronunciation, but I’m working on it.)

为了提高某件事而花时间花精力(例如：我在发音上有很大的问题，但是我正在努力改进。)

• To try to influence a person (ex: the manager didn’t want to hire me, but my friend Sarah works there, and she is working on him, so I hope he changes his mind.)

尝试去影响一个人(例如：经理不想雇佣我，但是我的朋友Sarah在那里工作，她正在尝试说服经理，所以我希望经理能够改变主意。)

4. Work Around

To successfully circumvent (find your way around) an obstacle or a problem without having to directly deal with it or solve it. (ex: I didn’t have all the ingredients to make the dish from the recipe, but I worked around it by substituting a few items)

成功地规避了某个困难，而不是直接地处理或解决它。(例如：按照菜谱，我并没有做这个菜的材料，但是我用别的东西代替了。)

5. Work Through

To work through a problem is to gradually deal with or solve (a generally more complicated problem). In a relationship, to work through something can be to “talk through it.” (ex: the couple was having serious problems, so they decided to go to a relationships counselor to help them work through their issues.)

意思是慢慢地解决了一个问题(通常是一个更复杂的问题)在一段恋爱中，这也可以说“谈谈”的意思。(例如：这对夫妻有严重的问题，所以他们去拜访恋爱质询师来解决他们间的问题。)

Note:There’s also a literal use of work through as you can “work your way through college” (pay your university expenses by simultaneously working a job).

注意：还有一种关于这个词的用法，“work your way through college”(边工作边上大学来付学费。)

6. Work Towards

To work towards is to make an effort with the intention of achieving a future objective. (ex: The marathon runner woke up at 5 am every day as he worked toward his goal of running under 3:00 for the 42 km marathon.)

意思是，特意地花精力去实现将来的某些目标(例如：那个马拉松运动员，每天早上5点醒来，朝着在三小时内跑完42千米的目标奋进。)

7. Work Off

To work off means to pay somebody with work to compensate for money owed (or any other type of debt.) You can also work something off with physical activity (stress, excess weight). (ex: The kid didn’t have money to pay for his meal, so the restaurant owner let him work it off by washing dishes for an hour).