釋義:
work at 努力做某事
work at+地點(diǎn)名詞主要表示“在某處工作”(work for),如果 work at 后面接事情或者... ing 形態(tài)的話,就表示“為了得到……或者向上,努力嘗試”。
例句:
They think I work at Starbucks.
他們以為我在星巴克工作。
How long did you work at the store?
你在這家店里工作了多久?
I worked at getting the job done.
我用心完成了這項(xiàng)工作。
I tried my best to work at this marriage.
這段婚姻我用盡了全力。
對(duì)話:
A: Learning English can be very difficult.
學(xué)英語是非常不容易的。
B: I know, but you have to work at it.
我知道,不過你必須得試試。