| 单词 | 工夫 |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔DIFFICULT〕It took some doing, but I finally persuaded Jim to give me a few more days off. 我费了不少工夫，但最终还是说服了吉姆再准我几天假。朗文写作活用〔FAIL〕It's pointless to take notes and then never look at them again. 记了笔记又从来不看是白费工夫。朗文写作活用〔LEAVE〕I'm not looking forward to moving house -- it'll be a lot of work. 我可不希望搬家—这要花很多工夫。朗文写作活用〔LITTLE〕Big improvements can be made with only a small amount of training and effort. 只要稍加培训，再花点工夫，进步就会很大。朗文写作活用〔PRACTISE/PRACTICE〕You'll have to really work at it if you want to be a professional dancer. 如果你想成为职业舞蹈家就必须好好下工夫。朗文写作活用〔PREPARE〕Months of preparation have gone into organizing the festival. 数月的准备工夫都花在组织那个节日上。朗文写作活用〔WILLING〕You'll never learn to speak another language unless you're prepared to make an effort. 除非你愿意下工夫，否则是不可能学会说另一种语言的。朗文写作活用〔WORK HARD〕Stella had obviously put a lot of effort into her assignment, and got a good grade. 斯特拉显然在作业上花了很多工夫，获得了好成绩。朗文写作活用〔WORK HARD〕The only way to be successful in athletics is to really work at it. 要在体育运动方面取得成功，唯一的途径就是下工夫练习。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕A considerable amount of work was necessary to establish even this basic framework. 即使是搭建这个基本的框架也需要花相当多的工夫。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕His last few speeches had been awful, and he knew he had to put more work into them. 他最近的几次演讲很糟糕，他知道得多花点工夫了。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕Phil has had the car for two years and has put hours of work into it. 菲尔的车买了两年，他在上面已经花了很多工夫。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕Repairing the roof -- that's going to be the biggest job. 修理屋顶—那可是最费工夫的事。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕The former method takes a bit more effort, but the results are more reliable. 前一种方法要费点工夫，但是结果较可靠。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕This exercise isn't difficult - it shouldn't require much effort. 这练习不难—不用费很大工夫。朗文写作活用〔admiring〕Within moments, he'd attracted an admiring audience.一会儿工夫, 他就赢得了观众的倾心。外研社新世纪〔bare〕He did the bare minimum of work but still passed the exam.他只花了最少的工夫，却仍然通过了考试。牛津高阶〔be (a) no go〕They tried for hours to get her to come down from the roof, but it was a no go.他们费了好几个小时的工夫想把她从房顶上弄下来，还是没成功。剑桥高阶〔be on the run〕She's always on the run and never has time for a chat.她总是忙个不停，连闲聊一会儿的工夫都没有。剑桥高阶〔benefit〕Don't go to any trouble for my benefit! 别为我费工夫！牛津高阶〔bit〕All it required was a bit of work.这事儿只需稍费工夫就可以了。柯林斯高阶〔blink〕I'll be back before you can blink(= very quickly).我眨眼工夫就回来。牛津高阶〔bother〕I had a bit of bother getting hold of his phone number.我费了一点工夫才弄到他的电话号码。剑桥高阶〔bound〕You've done so much work—you're bound to pass the exam.你下了这么大工夫，考试准能及格。牛津高阶〔call〕Men with skills always have many calls upon their time.有技能的人总有许多工作要求他们花工夫去做。英汉大词典〔certain〕You've done so much work—you're bound to pass the exam.你下了这么大工夫，一定能通过考试。牛津高阶〔conjure〕She conjured up a whole meal in a jiffy.一眨眼工夫她就变出了一桌饭菜。21世纪英汉〔dawdle〕She downed two glasses of white wine while I dawdled over a draught beer.我慢悠悠地呷着一杯散装啤酒的工夫她已经灌下了两杯白葡萄酒。柯林斯高阶〔detail〕I can't go into details now; it would take too long.我现在不能细说，太费工夫。牛津高阶〔digest〕It will take me a while to digest this news.我要花一会儿工夫才能弄明白那则新闻。韦氏高阶〔effort〕It takes a long time to prepare the dish but the results are so good that it's worth the effort.做这道菜很费时间，但结果大家都很爱吃，工夫真没白费。剑桥高阶〔extraordinary〕It took an extraordinary amount of work.它花了惊人的工夫。朗文当代〔eye〕He was back in the twinkle/twinkling of an eye.他一眨眼的工夫就回来了。韦氏高阶〔flash〕It was done in a flash.一眨眼的工夫就完成了。柯林斯高阶〔fool's errand〕A fruitless mission or undertaking.白费工夫：徒劳而没有收获的任务或使命美国传统〔get〕At school he had always got away with doing the bare minimum amount of work.他上学的时候总是只花最少的工夫也能过关。朗文当代〔good〕In a day or so he will be as good as new.他大概一天工夫就会恢复过来。柯林斯高阶〔gossip〕She was far too busy to gossip with her neighbours.她太忙了, 没工夫跟邻居闲聊。外研社新世纪〔go〕Years of work went into researching the book.多年的工夫全花在对这本书的研究上了。牛津高阶〔grab〕Grab a seat, I won't keep you a moment.赶紧找个座位吧，我不耽误你的工夫了。牛津高阶〔hale〕It took me half an hour to hale the heavy box down the stairs.我费了半个小时的工夫才把那只重箱子拖到楼下。21世纪英汉〔in a twinkling〕He was back in a twinkling.一眨眼的工夫他就回来了。韦氏高阶〔in the twinkle of an eye〕He was back in the twinkle of an eye.一眨眼的工夫他就回来了。韦氏高阶〔job〕Sorting these papers out is going to be a long job.整理这些文件是很费工夫的事。牛津高阶〔labour at〕The teacher asked his students to labour at obligatory courses.老师要求学生在必修课上多下工夫。21世纪英汉〔light〕The fire took a long time to light.花了好一会工夫才把火生着。英汉大词典〔look in〕With so much work to do, I have no time to look in tonight.今晚我有很多工作要做，没工夫看电视。21世纪英汉〔massive〕A massive effort will be required to clean up the debris.要清理这些废墟需要大量的工夫。韦氏高阶〔match〕It can take time and effort to match buyers and sellers.给买卖双方牵线可能需要一些时间和工夫。柯林斯高阶〔match〕She spent the morning matching up orders with invoices.她花了一上午工夫把订单和发票都给对好了。牛津高阶〔matter〕In a matter of days she was back at work.才几天的工夫, 她就回来工作了。外研社新世纪〔moment〕In moments, I was asleep once more.不一会儿工夫，我又睡着了。柯林斯高阶〔moment〕It should only take a moment to fix the problem.这个问题只稍片刻工夫就能解决。韦氏高阶〔odds and ends〕She spent the day sorting through a box full of odds and ends.她花一天工夫整理装满小玩意儿的箱子。牛津高阶〔on a (silver) platter〕He has had everything handed/given to him on a silver platter. [=he has not had to work for the things that he has; he is very lucky and has been given everything he has] 他的一切得来全不费工夫。韦氏高阶〔pain〕I had taken great pains with my appearance.我在自己的容貌上下了很多工夫。柯林斯高阶〔place〕With a bit of work this place could look lovely.只要下点工夫，这地方看起来会很漂亮的。麦克米伦高阶〔plate〕Even the presidency was handed to him on a plate.他甚至连总统之位都是得来全不费工夫。柯林斯高阶〔point〕I made a point of being sociable.我有意识地花工夫交际。外研社新世纪〔poof〕One minute she was here, then poof, she was gone.刚刚她还在这儿，一眨眼的工夫她就走了。韦氏高阶〔pull〕With an effort Mary pulled herself together.玛丽费了一番工夫，控制住自己的情绪。朗文当代〔quite〕Well, actually it requires quite a bit of work and research.嗯，实际上这需要花不少的工夫，做点研究。柯林斯高阶〔reconcile yourself to sth〕She must reconcile herself to the fact that she must do some work if she wants to pass her exams.她必须接受这样一个事实： 要想通过考试，就必须下点工夫学习。剑桥高阶〔rocket science〕Designing a website may be a lot of work but it's not rocket science.设计一个网站可能很费工夫，但并非难事。朗文当代〔rustle up〕He rustled up a full meal in no time.一眨眼工夫他就做好了一顿饭菜。韦氏高阶〔scratch〕It'll take months to bring the band up to scratch.得几个月工夫才能使乐队像个样子。牛津高阶〔sew〕It didn't take me long to sew up the deal.我没费多大工夫就把那桩生意做成了。牛津高阶〔short〕It was all over in a relatively short space of time.不一会儿工夫就完全结束了。牛津高阶〔smoke〕We'll have your yard cleaned in a jiffy, and watch our smoke! 我们不消一会儿工夫就会把你的院子打扫干净,瞧瞧我们干得有多快吧!英汉大词典〔snow〕I'd love t o come but I'm completely snowed under at the moment.我很想来，但眼下实在是忙得没工夫。牛津高阶〔socialize〕I hope Adam's actually doing some work at college - he seems to spend all his time socializing! 我希望亚当在大学里确实花了些工夫在学业上——他似乎把时间都用在了社交上面！剑桥高阶〔source〕The author has done extensive work in the sources —official records, manuscripts, letters, diaries, etc.作者花了很大工夫钻研原始资料——官方档案、原稿、信函、日记等等。英汉大词典〔sourly〕Page's response to the suggestion that this might be sour grapes because his company lost the bid is: 'Life's too short for that.' 有人认为这是佩奇的酸葡萄心理在作怪，因为他的公司未能中标，佩奇对此的回应是：“人生苦短，谁有闲工夫去耿耿于怀呢？”柯林斯高阶〔spelling〕I know my spelling needs a lot of work.我知道我需要在拼写上狠下工夫。麦克米伦高阶〔still〕Clare didn't do much work, but she still passed the exam.克莱尔虽然没花多大工夫，但她还是通过了考试。朗文当代〔stitch〕The tailor stitched the split seam in seconds.裁缝一会儿工夫就把破缝缝好了。英汉大词典〔thing〕I've better things to do than stand here chatting all day! 我有更重要的事情要做，没工夫整天站在这里聊天！牛津搭配〔touch〕I must do some more work on that article—I haven't touched it all week.我还得在那篇文章上再下点儿工夫，我整整一个星期没有碰它了。牛津高阶〔trouble〕He took a lot of trouble over this design.他花了许多工夫设计这份图样。英汉大词典〔trouble〕I took a lot of trouble to get it right.我费了许多工夫才把它弄好。牛津同义词〔trouble〕Learning more about it always seemed more trouble than it was worth.似乎总是觉得没必要为进一步了解它而大费工夫。柯林斯高阶〔trouble〕She takes a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance.她在外表打扮上下了相当大的工夫。麦克米伦高阶〔trouble〕You didn't take the trouble to consult the dictionary.你没花工夫去查词典。英汉大词典〔understated〕I have always liked understated clothes — simple shapes which take a lot of hard work to get right.我一直喜欢不太惹眼的衣服——简单的款式需要下大工夫才能弄得恰到好处。柯林斯高阶〔unscramble〕It took a while to unscramble my thoughts.我花了一会儿工夫才理清思路。麦克米伦高阶〔vanish〕One moment she was there, the next she had vanished.刚才她还在那里，一会儿工夫就不见了。麦克米伦高阶〔vocal〕He was too busy eating to make the objection vocal.他正忙着吃,没工夫出声儿反对。英汉大词典〔while〕The project wasn't worth my while.这项方案不值得我花工夫，美国传统Considerable effort goes into the wording (= exact choice and meaning of words used) of/for advertisements.广告的措辞要费相当大的工夫。剑桥国际I don't want to devalue your achievement, but you seem to have passed your exam without doing any work for it.我不想贬低你的成绩，不过你好像没有下任何工夫就通过了考试。剑桥国际It takes a long time to prepare the dish but the results are so good that it's worth the effort.准备这盘菜要花很长时间，但效果那么好，这些工夫也不算白费。剑桥国际It's annoying, but I can't be bothered to go to the trouble of making an official complaint.这很令人讨厌，但我没有工夫去作出正式的投诉。剑桥国际The man gulped down a full stein of beer in the blink of an eye. 一眨眼的工夫这人就把一满杯啤酒一饮而尽。译典通The official transfer of ownership will take a few days to complete.所有权的正式转让将花费几天的工夫完成。剑桥国际 |
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