working
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Working people have jobs that they are paid to do. 有工作的[ADJ n]
Like working women anywhere, Asian women are buying convenience foods. 像其他地方的職業(yè)婦女一樣,亞洲的婦女們?cè)谫?gòu)買(mǎi)方便食品。
2. ADJ Working people are ordinary people who do not have professional or very highly paid jobs. 從事普通工作的[ADJ n]
The needs and opinions of ordinary working people were ignored. 那些從事一般工作的普通人的需求和觀(guān)點(diǎn)被忽視了。
3. ADJ Your working life is the period of your life in which you have a job or are of a suitable age to have a job. 工作的[ADJ n]
He started his working life as a truck driver. 他開(kāi)始工作時(shí)是一名卡車(chē)司機(jī)。
4. ADJ The working population of an area consists of all the people in that area who have a job or who are of a suitable age to have a job. 有工作的; 達(dá)到工作年齡的[ADJ n]
Almost 13 percent of the working population is already unemployed. 幾乎13%的勞動(dòng)人口已經(jīng)失業(yè)。
5. ADJ Working conditions or practices are ones that you have in your job. 工作的 (條件等)[ADJ n]
The strikers are demanding higher pay and better working conditions. 這些罷工者正在要求更高的工資和更好的工作條件。
6. ADJ A working farm or business exists to do normal work and make a profit, and not only for tourists or as someone's hobby. 經(jīng)營(yíng)性的; 贏(yíng)利性的[ADJ n]
...a holiday spent on a working farm. …在一家贏(yíng)利性農(nóng)場(chǎng)度過(guò)的一個(gè)假期。
7. ADJ The working parts of a machine are the parts that move and operate the machine, in contrast to the outer case or container in which they are enclosed. 運(yùn)行的 (機(jī)器零部件)[ADJ n]
The reel comes complete with a set of spares for all the working parts. 那個(gè)卷軸配有一套所有運(yùn)行部件的備用件。
8. ADJ A working knowledge or majority is not very great, but is enough to be useful. 基本的 (知識(shí))[ADJ n]
This book was designed in order to provide a working knowledge of finance and accounts. 本書(shū)是為提供金融和會(huì)計(jì)的基本知識(shí)而編寫(xiě)的。
9. N-PLURAL The workings of a piece of equipment, an organization, or a system are the ways in which it operates and the processes which are involved in it. 運(yùn)行方式
Neural networks are computer systems which mimic the workings of the brain. 神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)是模仿大腦運(yùn)行的計(jì)算機(jī)系統(tǒng)。
10. in working order→see order
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working /?w??k??/ (workings)
劍橋詞典
- The union wants to see a reduction in working hours .
- Insistence on better working conditions by the union has resulted in fewer employee absences .
- The introduction of new working practices has dramatically improved productivity .
- These figures mean that almost 15 percent of the working population is unemployed .
- We found it impossible to acclimatize ourselves to the new working conditions .
- I'm not sure if the machine is in working order .
- They are restoring the engine to working condition .
working adjective [before noun] (JOB)
relating to work工作的
a 37-hour working week 工作時(shí)間為37小時(shí)的工作周
Working conditions /practices in the mill have hardly changed over the last 20 years . 過(guò)去20年來(lái),這家磨坊里的工作條件/方式幾乎沒(méi)有改變。
She has a difficult working relationship with many of her employees . 她與很多員工的工作關(guān)系都不好。
having work
有工作的
These tax changes will affect 90 percent of the working population . 這些稅收的變化將會(huì)影響到90%的工作人口。
例句
working adjective [before noun] (MACHINE)
operating
運(yùn)行著的
It has taken about five years to restore the aircraft to (full ) working condition /order . 大約花了5年時(shí)間才讓這架飛機(jī)完全恢復(fù)正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。
The working parts of a machine are those that move and make it work .
(零件)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的
It is essential that all working components are well lubricated . 給所有運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)部件適時(shí)上潤(rùn)滑油是非常重要的。
例句
working adjective [before noun] (USEFUL)
used to refer to a plan , idea , or knowledge that is not complete but is good enough to be useful初步的;暫定的,基本夠用的
We have a working theory /hypothesis about what caused the crash , which we will test . 我們有了一個(gè)關(guān)于墜機(jī)原因的初步設(shè)想/假設(shè),還有待進(jìn)一步驗(yàn)證。
She's fluent in French and English and has a working knowledge of Spanish . 她法語(yǔ)和英語(yǔ)說(shuō)得都很流利,西班牙語(yǔ)也能應(yīng)付。 返回 working