v.运转;开动;工作
Almost everyone‘s success is achieved by hard work. 几乎每个人的成功都是靠艰苦的劳动获得的。
This vase is a wonderful piece of work. 这个花瓶是一件了不起的作品
He likes 0. Henry‘s works. 他喜欢欧•亨利的作品
[辫析]work on,work at,work out
work on和work at都可以作“致力于;从事于”解释,相当于be engaged in,常常可以互相代替。但当表示“克服(困难);解决(难题)”时,较倾向于用work at;在表示“致力于创作或制造时”,较倾向于用work on
work out解出,找出答案”,可以看作是work on的结果,相当于find或have got,
Here he worked on a short film,which won him a job as the youngest film director in the world.
他制作了一部短片,这使他获得了一份工作,并成为世界上最年轻的电影导演。
It‘s said that he‘s working at/on a new novel. 据说他正在写一部小说
He liked to work at difficult problems in maths. 他喜欢解数学难题。
We have made up our minds to research on till we work out the facts of what has caused the pollution.
我们决心研究下去,直到弄清导致污染的根源
15. more than:表示“多于,超过,不仅仅,不止”
more... than;表示“与其说,倒不如说”
no more than表示“不过,仅仅;同••••一样不”
not more than表示“至多,不超过”
More than one member was against the plan. 不止一个人反对该计划
There are more than sixty students in our class. 我们班有60多个学生
He is more than our teacher and he is our friends. 他不仅仅是我们的老师,也是我们的朋友
His father is more disappointed than angry. 他父亲与其说是生气,倒不如说是失望
The little boy is not more than 5 years old. 这个小男孩不超过五岁。(最大只有五岁)
The little boy is no more than five years old. 这个小孩只有五岁。(言年龄小)
[注意]more than one和many a后均跟可数名词单数,谓语动词用单数,但是more十可数名词复数+ than