新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

working

英 [ˈwɜːkɪŋ]

[ADJ, NOUN]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 有工作的
Working people have jobs that they are paid to do.
双语例句
例：
Like working women anywhere, Asian women are buying convenience foods.
像其他地方的职业妇女一样，亚洲的妇女们在购买方便食品。
2. 从事普通工作的
Working people are ordinary people who do not have professional or very highly paid jobs.
近义词
working class
双语例句
例：
The needs and opinions of ordinary working people were ignored.
普通劳动者的需求和意见受到忽视。
3. 工作的
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.
双语例句
例：
He started his working life as a lorry driver.
他开始工作时是一名卡车司机。
4. 有工作的 , 达到工作年龄的
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.
双语例句
例：
Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
几乎13％的劳动人口已经失业。
5. （条件等）工作的
Working conditions or practices are ones that you have in your job.
双语例句
例：
The strikers are demanding higher pay and better working conditions.
这些罢工者正在要求更高的工资和更好的工作条件。
6. 经营性的 , 赢利性的
A working farm or business exists to do normal work and make a profit, and not only for tourists or as someone's hobby.
双语例句
例：
a holiday spent on a working farm.
在一家赢利性农场度过的一个假期。
7. （机器零部件）运行的
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.
双语例句
例：
The reel comes complete with a set of spares for all the working parts.
那个卷轴配有一套所有运行部件的备用件。
8. （知识）基本的
A working knowledge or majority is not very great, but is enough to be useful.
双语例句
例：
This book was designed in order to provide a working knowledge of finance and accounts.
本书旨在提供金融和会计的基本知识。

NOUN. 名词

workings
1. [PL 复数] 运行方式
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.
双语例句
例：
Neural networks are computer systems which mimic the workings of the brain.
神经网络是模仿大脑运行的计算机系统。