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[wə:k]
o công việc; sự gia công, sự chế biến; công trình
o làm việc, hoạt động; gia công
§ work ahead : khoan tiếp
§ work on : tiếp tục làm việc
§ work out : vạch ra, thảo ra, thực hiện (dự án)
§ work up : phân tích (dầu thô)
§ chain work : sự gia công dây chuyền
§ closed work : công trình ngầm
§ combined work : công trình liên hợp
§ contract work : công khoán
§ day work : công tính theo ngày
§ dead work : công trình không sản xuất
§ development work : công tình phát triển
§ discovery work : công tác tìm kiếm
§ draw work : bộ tời khoan
§ exploratory work : công trình khảo sát, công tác thăm dò
§ face work : công việc trên mặt đất
§ field work : công tác thực địa
§ finishing work : sự gia công tinh
§ grill work : lưới sắt, tấm mắt cáo
§ guess work : sự đánh giá, sự ước tính
§ hand auger work : sự khai đào bằng mũi khoan tay
§ hillside work : sự khai đào ở sườn đồi
§ jigger work : việc đãi rửa quặng xưởng rửa quặng
§ machine work : sự khai thác bằng cơ giới
§ manual work : việc làm bằng tay
§ panel work : sự khai thác bằng buồng lò
§ preliminary work : đề án sơ bộ; sự gia công sơ bộ
§ seam work : sự khai thác theo vỉa
§ shift work : sự làm theo ca
§ square work : công trình khai thác theo ô vuông
§ stock work : bướu mạnh
§ strike dip work : sự nổ mìn theo hướng cắm
§ surface work : công trình lộ thiên
§ tailing-in work : công tác hoàn tất giếng
§ trench work : công trình khai đào hào
§ underground petroleum work : công trình khai thác dầu dưới đất
§ work boat : tàu cung ứng
§ work over : công tác bảo dưỡng
§ work string : cột ống thao tác
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): work, workaholic, worker, workings, workout, work, rework, workable, unworkable, overworked, working
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): work, workaholic, worker, workings, workout, work, rework, workable, unworkable, overworked, working
Xem thêm: piece of work, employment, study, oeuvre, body of work, workplace, do work, act, function, operate, go, run, work on, process, exercise, work out, make, bring, play, wreak, make for, put to work, cultivate, crop, influence, act upon, shape, form, mold, mould, forge, knead, exploit, solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, ferment, sour, turn, ferment
work noun
1 effort/product of effort
ADJ. hard It's hard work trying to get him to do a few things for himself. It doesn't require skill?it's a matter of sheer hard work. | arduous, back-breaking, challenging, complicated, demanding, difficult, gruelling, intensive, labour-intensive, tiring, tough The show is the product of two years' intensive work. | rewarding | heavy They employ a couple of young men to do the heavy work. | donkey I did the donkey work (= hard work requiring little skill) but I hired a professional builder for the tricky bits. | light She's only allowed to do a little light work because of her bad arm. | easy | close I need to wear glasses for close work. | physical | delicate | dangerous | dirty Engine maintenance is dirty work. (figurative) The drugs gang used children to do their dirty work for them. | humdrum, monotonous, repetitive, tedious | fascinating, interesting | purposeful Many unemployed people welcome the chance to do purposeful work, even if unpaid. | valuable The research institute needs funds in order to carry on its valuable work. | paid, unpaid | professional | men's, women's They think that looking after children is women's work. | intellectual, mental | creative, imaginative | practical (see also fieldwork, paperwork) | investigative | undercover The scandal was revealed after months of undercover work by journalists. | leg (also legwork) Her job as a market researcher involves a lot of legwork (= walking around to collect information). | course (also coursework) | written His written work is the best in the class. | individual | group | project | collaborative, joint classroom activities involving collaborative work between children The report is the joint work of an economist and a sociologist. | remedial The poorly designed bridge needs remedial work to make it safe. | background, preliminary, preparatory | follow-up | honest He preferred to make his money from honest work rather than from gambling. | good, nice (informal), outstanding, sterling Nice work, James! I'm impressed.
In accepting the award, she mentioned the sterling work of her assistants. | careful, meticulous, painstaking | poor, shoddy, sloppy | charitable, humanitarian | community, youth | ground-breaking, innovative, pioneering He did pioneering work on microbes. | experimental | academic, commercial, educational, environmental, scientific | building, construction | your own Is this all your own work (= did you do it without help from others)?
QUANT. bit, piece It was an interesting piece of work.
VERB + WORK carry out, do, put in All the construction work was carried out in 2001. I've got lots of work to do today. She's put in a lot of work on the design. | get done, have done I think I'd better try and get some work done. We're going to have some building work done on the house. | produce Work produced on a word processor tends to look more professional. | get, have We get far too much work at this time of year. | take on, undertake I've taken on more work than I've got time to do. | create, make Big football matches make a lot of work for the police. | begin, commence, get down to, set about/to, start They began work on the project towards the end of the year. Stop talking and get down to work. We set to work on the outside of the house (= for example, painting it). | go about She went cheerfully about her work. | carry on, continue | complete, finish | halt, hold up, stop Work on the project was halted. | lose They lost the work to a competitor. | undo The new president spent the first year undoing the work of his predecessor. | oversee, supervise The assistant | set sb to She set them to work painting the fence. | require To carry out accurate market research requires a huge amount of work. | hand in We're supposed to hand in this work tomorrow.
WORK + VERB come The work comes in bursts according to the time of year. | wait That work can wait until tomorrow. | go How's the work going this morning? | involve sth What does the work involve? | begin, start | continue, go on | come to a standstill Work came to a complete standstill when rumours of redundancies started to circulate. | cost How much will the work cost?
WORK + NOUN ethic | rate Her boss told her she had to increase her work rate. | programme, schedule | surface Work surfaces should be left clear and clean.
PREP. at ~ He's been hard at work all morning. | ~ on I have to do some work on the engine before it'll be ready to drive. | ~ with She's done a lot of work with disadvantaged children.
PHRASES a backlog of work It will take a month to clear the backlog of work. | keep up the good work The hotel manager thanked the staff for their efforts so far and told them to keep up the good work. | your life's work The art collection was his life's work. | make light/short work of sth (= to do sth quickly and easily) Mike made short work of fixing the engine. | never/not a stroke of work She never does a stroke of work. | pressure of work Pressure of work forced him to cancel his holiday. | work in progress The showroom has been designed so that people can see work in progress.
2 job
ADJ. lucrative, well paid | badly paid | full-time, part-time | permanent | temporary | regular, steady He hasn't been in regular work since he left school. | casual In the college vacations he does casual work in the local hospital. | freelance | voluntary | skilled | semi-skilled | unskilled | manual | indoor, outdoor | daily, day-to-day, everyday, routine People went about their daily work despite the war. Ambulance crews alternate between emergency and routine work. | piece It's piece work, so how much you earn depends on how fast you can work. | administrative, clerical, office, secretarial | managerial | domestic | social | research | agricultural, farm | building | nice (humorous) A hundred grand for two days a week? Nice work if you can get it!
VERB + WORK have He's got a bit of freelance work at the moment. | look for He got made redundant, so now he's looking for work again. | find, get Full-time work is hard to find. | go to I go to work on the bus. | go out to Some mothers of young children choose not to go out to work. | start | finish, knock off What time do you finish work? | stop She stops work at the end of this month. | give up Just before he was sixty, he decided to give up work. | go back to, return to She has just returned to work after the birth of her child. | coordinate Sales reps meet up monthly to coordinate their work.
WORK + VERB go Work's going well at the moment. | start What time does work start in the morning? | finish
WORK + NOUN hours Employees must not make personal calls in work hours. | place (also workplace) | area, environment, room (also workroom) | station (also workstation) | roster, schedule | experience He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm. | permit | incentive High income tax can undermine work incentives. | practice An independent report has described some work practices in the industry as old-fashioned.
PREP. at ~ ‘Where's Diane?’ ‘She's at work.’ We had a party at work. | in (your) ~ With so much unemployment, I'm lucky to be in work. It's important to be happy in your work. | off ~ She's been off work with a bad back since July. | out of ~ He's been out of work since the factory closed. | through ~ I met him through work.
PHRASES a line of work ‘What line of work are you in?’ ‘Computing.’ | a place of work
3 book/music/art
ADJ. classic, fine, great | definitive, seminal Her book is still considered the definitive work on beetles. | influential | erudite, scholarly | ambitious | literary | dramatic | critical | autobiographical, biographical | artistic | art (also artwork) The artwork in the book is superb. | abstract, figurative, graphic | choral, orchestral, piano | collected, complete the collected works of Stephen King | early | late, mature Picasso's mature works
QUANT. series | collection, exhibition
VERB + WORK compose, produce, write Beethoven composed his greatest works towards the end of his life. | commission | perform, play | hear, read, see Her work can be seen in most of the major European galleries. | conduct, direct, edit, produce, publish, put on Over the next two years, the theatre is putting on the complete works of Brecht. | display, exhibit, show The town hall is exhibiting works by local artists.
WORK + VERB be called sth, be entitled sth a work entitled ‘Forward Pass’
PREP. in a/the ~ She's studying the theme of death in the works of Beckett. | ~ by a work by an unknown eighteenth century writer
PHRASES an exhibition of sb's work The gallery is staging a special exhibition of Monet's early works. | a work of art/fiction/literature The building is hated by some and considered a work of art by others. (humorous) They discovered that his CV was a complete work of fiction. | a work of genius Her latest novel is a work of genius.
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of art a piece/work of art Michelangelo's Pietà is a magnificent work of art.
collect ~ She collects Jacobean portraits.
display, exhibit, show ~ The works will be displayed in the new wing of the museum.
~ be (put) on display/exhibition/show ~ go on display/exhibition/show paintings put on show for the first time The photographs are on exhibition until the end of September.
house ~ An annexe was built to house the sculptures.
a series of ~ a series of paintings by Van Gogh
a collection/exhibition of ~ an exhibition of early 20th century French masterpieces
an art/photographic/photography exhibition The open art exhibition will allow new artists to exhibit their work.
by ~ a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth
4 (also works) building/repairing
ADJ. extensive, major | road (also roadworks) | maintenance, repair, restoration | demolition
VERB + WORK carry out We are planning to carry out major works on the site. | plan | announce
WORK + VERB continue, go on The works will continue until the end of July.
PREP. at the ~ A contraflow is in operation at the works near Junction 5.
5 works: factory
VERB + WORK open | close (down), shut down
WORK + VERB turn sth out The works at Bury turned out thousands of television sets a week. | open | close (down)
WORK + NOUN foreman, manager, supervisor | canteen
PREP. at the ~ the night shift at the works
n.
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
he is looking for employment
a lot of people are out of work
mastering a second language requires a lot of work
no schools offer graduate study in interior design
he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre
Picasso's work can be divided into periods
he arrived at work early today
work equals force times distance
v.
I will work hard to improve my grades
she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor
Is your husband working again?
My wife never worked
Do you want to work after the age of 60?
She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money
She works as a waitress to put herself through college
The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought
How does your idea work in practice?
This method doesn't work
The breaks of my new car act quickly
The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water
The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
Does this old car still run well?
This old radio doesn't work anymore
work stone into tools
process iron
work the metal
Some parents exercise their infants
My personal trainer works me hard
work one's muscles
work one's way through the crowd
make one's way into the forest
She works the night clubs
The salesman works the Midwest
This artist works mostly in acrylics
work your way through every problem or task
She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived
Start from the bottom and work towards the top
His fingers worked with tension
I cannot work a miracle
wreak havoc
bring comments
play a joke
The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area
he is working his servants hard
Work the soil
cultivate the land
This dough does not work easily
The soft metal works well
The artist's work influenced the young painter
She worked on her friends to support the political candidate
Work the phones
This pilot works the controls
Can you work an electric drill?
The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy
the political candidate worked the crowds
She molded the rice balls carefully
Form cylinders from the dough
shape a figure
Work the metal into a sword
work the raisins into the dough
the student worked a few jokes into his presentation
work the body onto the flatbed truck
knead dough
work the clay until it is soft
He exploit the new taxation system
She knows how to work the system
he works his parents for sympathy
did you solve the problem?
Work out your problems with the boss
this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out
did you get it?
Did you get my meaning?
He could not work the math problem
We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content
The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats
The milk has soured
The wine worked
The cream has turned--we have to throw it out
The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times