work on 忙于某事
She is working on a new dictionary.
她一直在忙著編寫一本新詞典。
【詞義辨析】
work on, work at
這是兩個(gè)與work有關(guān)的詞組。
work on: 表示“從事”、“創(chuàng)作”、“進(jìn)行”,后面接名詞、代詞或V-ing,強(qiáng)調(diào)做具體的事;還可表示“繼續(xù)工作”、“努力說服”,既可作及物動(dòng)詞短語用,又可作不及物動(dòng)詞短語用。
Miss Liu is working on a new book.
劉老師正在寫一部新書。
work at: 表示“致力于”、“從事于”、“研究”、“學(xué)習(xí)”,后面接名詞、代詞或V-ing,強(qiáng)調(diào)把時(shí)間和精力等用在某一方面的事情上,側(cè)重于說明所從事的工作性質(zhì)。
He has worked at this subject for many years.
他研究這門學(xué)科已經(jīng)好多年了。
patient: 病人,患者
hesitate: 猶豫
How are you doing?你好嗎?最近怎么樣?意思等同于How are you?
in a second 很快,立刻,馬上
The train will leave in a second.
列車馬上要開了。
The plane disappeared in a second.
飛機(jī)一轉(zhuǎn)眼就不見了。
dump 丟棄,傾倒,拋棄
Some people just dump their rubbish in the river.
有些人徑直往河里倒垃圾。
Sealed containers of nuclear waste have been dumped in the sea.
盛有核廢料的密封容器被丟在海里。
intercom: 對講機(jī)
gagging: 阻塞的,窒息的
stare: 盯著看
v. 凝視,盯著看
n. 凝視