work on 忙于某事
She is working on a new dictionary.
她一直在忙着编写一本新词典。
【词义辨析】
work on, work at
这是两个与work有关的词组。
work on: 表示“从事”、“创作”、“进行”,后面接名词、代词或V-ing,强调做具体的事;还可表示“继续工作”、“努力说服”,既可作及物动词短语用,又可作不及物动词短语用。
Miss Liu is working on a new book.
刘老师正在写一部新书。
work at: 表示“致力于”、“从事于”、“研究”、“学习”,后面接名词、代词或V-ing,强调把时间和精力等用在某一方面的事情上,侧重于说明所从事的工作性质。
He has worked at this subject for many years.
他研究这门学科已经好多年了。
patient: 病人,患者
hesitate: 犹豫
How are you doing?你好吗?最近怎么样?意思等同于How are you?
in a second 很快,立刻,马上
The train will leave in a second.
列车马上要开了。
The plane disappeared in a second.
飞机一转眼就不见了。
dump 丢弃,倾倒,抛弃
Some people just dump their rubbish in the river.
有些人径直往河里倒垃圾。
Sealed containers of nuclear waste have been dumped in the sea.
盛有核废料的密封容器被丢在海里。
intercom: 对讲机
gagging: 阻塞的,窒息的
stare: 盯着看
v. 凝视,盯着看
n. 凝视