work off
英 [wɜːk ɒf]
美 [wɜːrk ɔːf]
(通过消耗体力)宣泄(愤怒),释放(精力),排解(压力); 用工作偿还(债务)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB (通过消耗体力)宣泄(愤怒),释放(精力),排解(压力)
If youwork offenergy, stress, or anger, you get rid of it by doing something that requires a lot of physical effort.- She went for a brisk walk to work off her frustration...
她快步走了一会儿,以排解心中的沮丧。 - If I've had a bad day I'll work it off by cooking.
我要是哪天不顺心,就去做饭排解一下。
- She went for a brisk walk to work off her frustration...
- PHRASAL VERB 用工作偿还(债务)
If youwork offa debt, you repay it by working.- The report proposes that students be allowed to work off their debt through community service...
这份报告建议让学生通过参加社区服务来偿还债务。 - There were heavy debts. It would take half Edward's lifetime to work them off.
爱德华负债累累,他要工作半辈子才能偿清。
- The report proposes that students be allowed to work off their debt through community service...
英英释义
verb
- cause to go away through effort or work
- work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays
- we must work off the debt
双语例句
- You copied this work off Paul because you've made exactly the same mistakes.
你的作业是从保尔那里抄袭来的,因为你俩错得完全一样。 - He tried to work off his surplus fat by doing exercises every day.
他每天运动,想以此去掉一些多余的脂肪。 - If I've had a bad day I'll work it off by cooking.
我要是哪天不顺心,就去做饭排解一下。 - I need to work off some aggression. please!
弄得再具挑战性一点,求你啦! - Let's get the work off hand today.
咱们今天把这项工作干完。 - At that rate, Tesla will need 22 years to work off its backlog.
照这个速度,特斯拉公司需要22年才能完成这批订单。 - I hope to work off most of the urgent letters by tomorrow.
我希望明天处理完大部分紧急信件。 - I go out for a long walk when I feel anxious; it helps me to work off steam.
我感到忧虑时,就外出长时间的散步,这样有助于我消愁解闷。 - To finance her education in Britain, her father borrowed from a wealthy cousin, quit his job as managing director of a state-owned telecoms company and moved to another province, with his wife, to work off the debt as an employee of his relative.
为了资助她去英国留学,她父亲向一个富有的远房亲戚借了钱,放弃了国有电信公司董事总经理的职位,和妻子一起搬去另一个省份,为他的亲戚工作,以偿还债务。 - She went for a brisk walk to work off her frustration
她快步走了一会儿,以排解心中的沮丧。