Definition of working in English:

working

adjective ˈwəːkɪŋˈwərkɪŋ

1Having paid employment.
有工作的，有职业的
the size of the working population
劳动人口的数量。
Example sentencesExamples
- When are we going to get something done about this pampered section of the working population?
- Moreover these old industries now employ only a tiny fraction of the working population.
- Only another working mother can fully realize what my life has become.
- Her stories are told without censure, and with sympathy for both children and parents, especially working mothers.
- It is not uncommon for nursing working mothers to make a lunchtime dash for a car, plug into the cigarette lighter and pump away in the parking lot.
- They thus contributed to the further political disorientation of the working population.
- A large section of the working population already have ID as a condition of their employment.
- It is nearer one tenth of the population or one fifth of the working population.
- That includes trying to increase the working population in Scotland.
- So why do we not demand more of these productivity gains back in practical support for working mothers and fathers?
- Most of the working women are employed as seamstresses in the dressmaking industry.
- This affects, directly or indirectly, more than half the working population of this country.
- Where is this compassionate Government that cares for the working person and the employee?
- Despite this, many working mothers encounter few problems and have supportive employers.
- Scotland is facing a serious future skills gap with an ageing and shrinking working population, according to a new study.
- A third of the working population in the Western Isles were employed by the local authority.
- The 1980s and 1990s were decades of progress for western career women and working mothers.
- Personal pensions were set up because the working population has become more mobile.
- Over half the women who are employed in most urban areas are working mothers.
- The failure of schools to offer working mothers more flexibility, she believes, remains the major stumbling block.
Synonyms
employed, in work, in a job, waged, in gainful employment
1. 1.1 Engaged in manual labour.
  体力劳动的；干活的
  the vote is no longer sufficient protection for the working man
  对于劳动者来说，投票选举已不再是足以保护他们的手段了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Is cycling still a working man's sport?
  "I guess you'd say I'm kind of a working man's lawyer."
2. 1.2 Relating to, suitable for, or for the purpose of work.
  工作上的；适合工作的；干活用的
  improvements in living and working conditions
  生活和工作条件的改善。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm also prepared to stand up and be counted though, if I feel strongly about issues that affect my working conditions.
  The Smiths have cook-ins during the weekends to make meals for the working week using fresh produce.
  Does an employee have a duty not to bad-mouth their employer out of working hours?
  These passes provide pensioners, many of whom have worked hard all their working lives and paid taxes, with free travel.
  He was a well-known advocate for better working conditions and higher pay for Cambodian workers.
  Another 200,000 died from hunger, disease, and inhumane working conditions.
  Now if you want to be totally stupid about it that could work out at almost a year in the working life of an employee.
  Therefore we shall be in a position to offer attractive wages and suitable working conditions.
  Other outstanding issues include working conditions and workplace safety.
  In May, workers walked off the job to protest unsafe working conditions.
  If hired as a runner, always, always get a signed contract with your working terms and conditions.
  Notwithstanding the difficult working conditions, a major inroad was made.
  To reserve a place on the small business wirefree working seminar call 0208 232 7229.
  The Victorian Building Workers campaign for a shorter working week was also discussed at length.
  Employees are often forced to work a seven-day week and complain of low wages and poor working conditions.
  Flexible working rules allow an employee to look after a child up to the age of six.
  Although unemployment is still rising, this is only because job creation is not keeping pace with the population of working age.
  Mick woke up, got washed and shaved and put his working clothes on thinking it was 7.30 am Monday morning.
  It has produced unfriendly working conditions for people with families.
  Full employment through shorter working hours at worker co-ops was the ideal.
3. 1.3 (of an animal) used in farming, hunting, or for guard duties; not kept as a pet or for show.
  （动物）用于农业的；用作打猎的；用于看守的
  the Norfolk Terrier was developed as a working dog on farms
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is work around livestock that simply can't be done without a real working dog.
  A horse could live on hay and grass alone, but eating time and bulk both had to be reduced for a working horse.
  Again looking back in history, the Celts were good farmers and set great store by their working dogs.
  In future docking will only be allowed for working dogs whose tails could otherwise become painfully damaged.
  During the time that the baits were out, our three yard and working dogs were on the chain.
  Hunt supporters from the region will be taking dozens of working dogs to protest against the ban outside Parliament.
  They are bred for hunting and are designed to be working dogs.
  He said the dogs were treated as working dogs rather than as pets but were still loved by their handlers.
  Some working dogs go to the armed forces or the police, as German Shepherds are one of the largest groups in the home.
  It was also a chance for city dwellers to take a closer look at ferrets, birds of prey and working dogs.
  There is a myth that the animals get fat and lazy and that working dogs no longer work but none of that is the case.
  He was also a renowned and skilful dog trainer and was never without a good working dog.
  As a working dog, this breed is always happiest when it is given a job to do.
  The dog, described as a white collie, is a working dog and has never been missing for this long without returning.
  So therefore there is no reason they cant be pets rather than working dogs.
  Ms Lloyd said cacti could injure livestock and working dogs and contaminate wool.
  Many graziers in the Far West of New South Wales rely on working dogs to help round up goats.
  The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association says it is cruel to keep the working dog locked up for eight hours each day.
  In summary, it appears that stomach ulcers are a common finding in foals and working horses.
  Perhaps one-third of the land under crop was taken up by oats grown to feed a farm's own working horses.
2Functioning or able to function.
能运转的；在使用的
the mill still has a working waterwheel
作坊有一个水轮仍能运转。
Example sentencesExamples
- So all these things together, you're all of a sudden seeing a working business model.
- Back then, Boeing engineers used the wind tunnel model to create new and working designs.
- Also, at the time, his mobile was one of the few working numbers that the Australian media were able to reach when the story broke.
- The students made use of charts and working models to explain their experiments.
- Additional data is now being collected to set up a working model for managing traffic flow.
- Is it like geography, hundreds of years before we can build a working model?
- Judges moving among the audience keenly observed the working models and rated the best projects.
- Williams says that although in many cases scientists have worked out how it happens, he wants to build a working model of the process.
- Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service stresses the importance of having a working smoke alarm.
- Tony already has a working model of the pendulum in his research room.
- The highlight of this particular gallery will be the large working scale model of the Town Mill.
- So, it's difficult to create a working model to handle the relief logistics ahead of time.
- Class Two involves the design and manufacture of a working car chassis as well as competing in numerous static events.
- At first it was powered by the River Bollin and there is still a working water wheel for visitors to see and especially to hear.
- Those were the days when a patent application had to be accompanied by a working model.
- The objective of the project is to research and make a working model of a body system.
- What industry would benefit from a large database of known working email addresses?
- Therefore, the working model presented provides only a rough picture of what is really going on.
- While the idea of creating actual working models was pretty cool, the actual execution was far from satisfying.
- Having said that, it will be interesting to see how a working model actually feels in use.
Synonyms
functioning, operating, going, running, active
in working order, operational, functional, able to function, usable, serviceable
informal up and running
1. 2.1 (of parts of a machine) moving and causing a machine to operate.
  （机器部件）操纵的，操作的
  the working parts of a digital watch
  电子表的运转装置。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Listen, if you take a working part out of a machine you end up with junk!
  The notion of using molecules as the working elements of a computer goes back several decades.
  Such systems have multiple working parts, each of which is essential for function.
  Synonyms
  in motion, operating, operational, going, on the move, active
3(of a theory, definition, or title) used as the basis for work or argument and likely to be developed or improved later.
（理论，定义，题目）作为工作基础的，作为辩论基础的
his working title for the book was Why People Are Poor
Example sentencesExamples
- The working definition of insomnia is a persistent difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep.
- This, of course, is all debatable as well, but it at least seems like a working hypothesis.
- The working title for the conversion is the Skerryvore Project.
- It has a working title and even that's more than I've managed to create in ages.
- Now that we have a working definition of money, we can now move on to defining what the supply of it is in a given economy.
- Then, each interviewee was asked how the working definition compares with his or her own.
- So we must accept a working definition at some point, and go with it, flaws and all.
- I'm going to use that as my working definition of gumption from now on.
- But here, as with other mental states, we need a working definition to clarify what we are looking for.
- On the basis of the results a working hypothesis has been developed which is summarized in Fig.7.
- Power and Stone - the working title of the book - will be published next May.
- I wrote an original screenplay for a film which has the working title Personal Honour.
- I'm definitely going to have to take some time to formulate a working theory in my own mind.
- No one knows for sure, but there is a working theory currently making the rounds.
- Is there a working definition that people have agreed on in order to facilitate discussion?
- To endow it with some interest, we need to break it down into a set of working theories which we then apply to different domains of fact.
- In conducting the search, we had to develop a working definition of each term.
- The maths game, which has the working title Pirate's Star, is being devised by software developers at Abertay.
- Take the case of accepting something as a working hypothesis or for the sake of argument.
- Can we establish a working theory to explain these exceptions, and what consequences might this have?
Synonyms
temporary, provisional, interim, pro tem, short-term, makeshift, improvised, emergency, impromptu, rough and ready
1. 3.1 Sufficient to work with at a basic level.
  they have a working knowledge of contract law
  他们拥有能满足工作需要的合同法知识。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Read on to gain a working knowledge of the tremendous range of mowers available today.
  It was sheer luck that, by the time he was an adult, he had a working knowledge of some of the finest food in the world.
  And of course a working knowledge of the properties of metals could easily lend itself to deception and fraud.
  All you need to bring with you is a working knowledge of the language in which you intend to write, a pad and a pencil.
  After helping him on a few houses, I gained a working knowledge of the proper use of fittings.
  He has a working knowledge of French, but for some reason does not get on well with the French boys.
  And as a way of indicating the process by which she acquired a working knowledge of the city around her, it rings untrue.
  Although anyone with a working knowledge of PCs can set up their own back up system relatively simply, not everyone knows how.
  Postgraduate study and a working knowledge of the latest industry advances are key.
  He still must gain a working knowledge of a sophisticated offense before he becomes a threat.
  Computer skills are essential, as is a working knowledge of control systems.
  He had a working knowledge of five languages and was fluent in four.
  But a working knowledge of English is not necessary for daily life in Greenland.
  But not all of you will require a working knowledge of English grammar to get by in life.
  A working knowledge of basic mathematical concepts is essential in modern life.
  Women in rural areas must be able to have a basic working knowledge of what is in the Domestic Violence Act.
  They cover terms that provide the beginnings of a viable working vocabulary for describing meter.
  Synonyms
  sufficient, adequate, good enough, viable
  useful, effective

noun ˈwəːkɪŋˈwərkɪŋ

1mass noun The action of doing work.
工作，干活，劳动
working with animals teaches patience
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm surprised this is not a more frequent event with the daily working of school buses.
- She loved working with the school, she saw the students as people.
- Claims of working for the fictitious water board allowed bogus callers to steal from the home of an elderly Chelmsford resident.
- Maybe something to do with social work or working for an aid organisation overseas.
- Some believe that working two shifts will cut hourly machine costs in half.
- I still find the whole working from home thing a bit of a task.
- She works in the garden there, particularly enjoying working with flowers.
- This was a direct result of working with them at the studio radio station.
- In class she could barely keep her mind on her work and working at the car shop seemed to go by as quickly as molasses.
- He combined working as a warehouse manager in Manchester with singing on the northern club circuit where he met Windsor Davies.
- BNP already has mainland joint ventures for managing money and working with corporations.
- It was great fun to work there and I loved working as a team.
- We need to build our links with the community through coalition work and working with other unions.
- He told those attending she had ‘aura, charisma and a precious gift of working with children’.
- And Mr Blair said ID cards would help against illegal immigration and working.
- I thought I might take the day off from work, but I think working will actually be good.
- I decided to leave school and concentrate on playing golf and working at night.
1. 1.1count noun A scheduled duty or trip performed by a locomotive, train, bus, or other vehicle.
  （机车、火车、公共汽车等交通工具按时刻表运行的）班次，线路
  locomotive 37418 is often seen on this working
  经常看到37418号机车在这条线上运行。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The spring 1998 timetable change makes it possible to photograph this working in Cornwall in daylight
  Somewhere during this working someone saw it, travelled on it or photographed it.
2workingsThe way in which a machine, organization, or system operates.
操作，操纵；经营
we will be less secretive about the workings of government
我们将增加政府运作的透明度。
Example sentencesExamples
- We need to be able to have confidence in the justice system and everyone needs to be able to have confidence in the workings of that justice system.
- He gained a lot more insight into the workings of our legal system from his experience than I did from mine.
- It is the heat given off by the workings of quite different machinery.
- And they also had to study up on DNA science and the workings of the legal system.
- The public has had the pleasure of an unprecedented and still unfolding expose on the inner workings of a public service operating in a culture of fear.
- However, with the increasingly detailed knowledge of the workings of the human machine, we began to slowly develop a pattern that might just explain why.
- Another potential use for the system is in providing information about the workings of buildings or machinery not visible to the naked eye.
- Ultimately, it precludes a collective understanding of the workings of an economic system which destroys people's lives.
- The internal workings of the machines cannot be examined by citizens, political opponents or technology experts.
- Hollywood suffers, as does parliamentary journalism, from a belief that people are far more interested in the inner workings and machinations of the business than they are.
- Why should I have to understand the inner workings of this machine?
- My favorite quote from the book concerns the early workings of American-style democratic politics.
- For those who disagree with a judge's opinion, there is ample opportunity to respond within the normal workings of the judicial system.
- Access to the transparent buildings reproduced a feeling of knowledge, knowledge of the inner workings of both machines and humans.
- The structure of the political system and the workings of that system favour those who have economic influence.
- And being a politician helps me get good raw material about the inside workings of governments and organizations.
- As a result, there is a general suspicion about the truth of statements emerging from the machine about the workings of government policy.
- The media has exposed deceit and fabrication behind the workings of the government machinery and the various commissions set up to look into acts of violence.
- They are alone with the rollercoaster of emotion even though they are still part of the workings of political machine.
- First, the synthetic systems can serve as a basis to understand the workings of natural systems, which are usually much more complicated and difficult to unravel.
Synonyms
functioning, operation, running, action, performance
mechanism, machinery, working/moving parts, movement, action, works
informal innards, insides
1. 2.1 The record of the successive calculations made in solving a mathematical problem.
  （数学题的）计算过程，解答
  show details of workings in your answer book
  在练习册上，适当地写明详细的运算步骤。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You don't have to understand intimately all the workings of the algorithms and programs that make it happen.
  As soon as he viewed a window detailing the current workings of the sound detecting code, he realised something was awfully wrong.
  Your responses to his work are planned long in advance, using the logic and workings of an emotional mathematician.
3usually workingscount noun A mine or a part of a mine from which minerals are being extracted.
矿；采矿场
a modern mine on the site of old workings
Example sentencesExamples
- It was centered on the Black Iron mine workings.
- With the dumps gone, datolite collecting switched to the accessible underground workings of the Michigan mine.
- Caves, tunnels and mine workings may be used to provide cover for communications centers and stations.
- The room and pillar mine workings are stable with no signs of salt movement or rock distress.
- Unbeknownst to them, the dam was constructed over five disused mine shafts, which led into the underground workings of an old mine.
- The expected solution is a permanent diversion around the problem, which is a legacy of old mine workings.
- It can play a part in locating old mines by detecting voids and fractures and profiling old workings within the seam.
- The ancient mine workings are mostly open-cut trenches of up to a few metres in depth.
- The building is surrounded on three sides by the pink-brown textured walls of old quarry workings, so that the archives are held in a granite embrace.
- He employed thirty to forty men in the mid-1930s and extracted ore from underground workings that were accessed by shafts and declines.
- This vein trends to the northeast, and it is likely that it intersects the Greenbank vein somewhere to the north of the current mine workings.
- Just when he moved into the capacious double-cave system, among the old slate quarry workings of Castle Crag, is not certain.
- On the other hand, wherever intelligence and tractability mattered, as in mine workings and coal pits, and in pulling harvesters and ploughs, horses were the favoured form of power.
- Beneath the site there were some disused mine shafts leading to old coal workings which, unknown to the defendants, were connected to the plaintiff's mine.
- The campsite at La Torerera, near the town of Huelva in the southwest corner of Andalucia, is on the site of old mineral workings, now partly a nature reserve.
- The surrounding area is mostly old mine workings and is close to the River Calder.
- In some instances, subsurface information from drill holes, mine workings, and geophysical surveys provide supporting factual information.
- Explore the Lowther Hills or wander along lower-level paths, past the old lead mine workings.
- He was an engineer by profession, and used to look after the engines and trucks which ran on the light railways out to the more distant parts of the opencast mine workings.
- But the same would be likely to apply to inert waste deposited at the County's exhausted minerals workings or landfill sites.

Rhymes

hardworking

Definition of working in US English:

working

adjectiveˈwərkiNGˈwərkɪŋ

1Having paid employment.
有工作的，有职业的
the size of the working population
劳动人口的数量。
Example sentencesExamples
- When are we going to get something done about this pampered section of the working population?
- They thus contributed to the further political disorientation of the working population.
- That includes trying to increase the working population in Scotland.
- The 1980s and 1990s were decades of progress for western career women and working mothers.
- Most of the working women are employed as seamstresses in the dressmaking industry.
- This affects, directly or indirectly, more than half the working population of this country.
- Scotland is facing a serious future skills gap with an ageing and shrinking working population, according to a new study.
- So why do we not demand more of these productivity gains back in practical support for working mothers and fathers?
- Personal pensions were set up because the working population has become more mobile.
- A third of the working population in the Western Isles were employed by the local authority.
- It is not uncommon for nursing working mothers to make a lunchtime dash for a car, plug into the cigarette lighter and pump away in the parking lot.
- Despite this, many working mothers encounter few problems and have supportive employers.
- Her stories are told without censure, and with sympathy for both children and parents, especially working mothers.
- A large section of the working population already have ID as a condition of their employment.
- The failure of schools to offer working mothers more flexibility, she believes, remains the major stumbling block.
- Over half the women who are employed in most urban areas are working mothers.
- Moreover these old industries now employ only a tiny fraction of the working population.
- Only another working mother can fully realize what my life has become.
- Where is this compassionate Government that cares for the working person and the employee?
- It is nearer one tenth of the population or one fifth of the working population.
Synonyms
employed, in work, in a job, waged, in gainful employment
1. 1.1 Engaged in manual labor.
  体力劳动的；干活的
  the vote is no longer sufficient protection for the working man
  对于劳动者来说，投票选举已不再是足以保护他们的手段了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  "I guess you'd say I'm kind of a working man's lawyer."
  Is cycling still a working man's sport?
2. 1.2 Relating to, suitable for, or for the purpose of work.
  工作上的；适合工作的；干活用的
  improvements in living and working conditions
  生活和工作条件的改善。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Another 200,000 died from hunger, disease, and inhumane working conditions.
  Full employment through shorter working hours at worker co-ops was the ideal.
  Does an employee have a duty not to bad-mouth their employer out of working hours?
  Although unemployment is still rising, this is only because job creation is not keeping pace with the population of working age.
  Mick woke up, got washed and shaved and put his working clothes on thinking it was 7.30 am Monday morning.
  Therefore we shall be in a position to offer attractive wages and suitable working conditions.
  The Smiths have cook-ins during the weekends to make meals for the working week using fresh produce.
  To reserve a place on the small business wirefree working seminar call 0208 232 7229.
  If hired as a runner, always, always get a signed contract with your working terms and conditions.
  These passes provide pensioners, many of whom have worked hard all their working lives and paid taxes, with free travel.
  In May, workers walked off the job to protest unsafe working conditions.
  Flexible working rules allow an employee to look after a child up to the age of six.
  The Victorian Building Workers campaign for a shorter working week was also discussed at length.
  Other outstanding issues include working conditions and workplace safety.
  Notwithstanding the difficult working conditions, a major inroad was made.
  He was a well-known advocate for better working conditions and higher pay for Cambodian workers.
  Employees are often forced to work a seven-day week and complain of low wages and poor working conditions.
  I'm also prepared to stand up and be counted though, if I feel strongly about issues that affect my working conditions.
  Now if you want to be totally stupid about it that could work out at almost a year in the working life of an employee.
  It has produced unfriendly working conditions for people with families.
3. 1.3 (of an animal) used in farming, hunting, or for guard duties; not kept as a pet or for show.
  （动物）用于农业的；用作打猎的；用于看守的
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a working dog, this breed is always happiest when it is given a job to do.
  He said the dogs were treated as working dogs rather than as pets but were still loved by their handlers.
  In summary, it appears that stomach ulcers are a common finding in foals and working horses.
  A horse could live on hay and grass alone, but eating time and bulk both had to be reduced for a working horse.
  He was also a renowned and skilful dog trainer and was never without a good working dog.
  They are bred for hunting and are designed to be working dogs.
  Many graziers in the Far West of New South Wales rely on working dogs to help round up goats.
  The dog, described as a white collie, is a working dog and has never been missing for this long without returning.
  So therefore there is no reason they cant be pets rather than working dogs.
  Some working dogs go to the armed forces or the police, as German Shepherds are one of the largest groups in the home.
  Perhaps one-third of the land under crop was taken up by oats grown to feed a farm's own working horses.
  Again looking back in history, the Celts were good farmers and set great store by their working dogs.
  During the time that the baits were out, our three yard and working dogs were on the chain.
  In future docking will only be allowed for working dogs whose tails could otherwise become painfully damaged.
  There is work around livestock that simply can't be done without a real working dog.
  The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association says it is cruel to keep the working dog locked up for eight hours each day.
  Hunt supporters from the region will be taking dozens of working dogs to protest against the ban outside Parliament.
  There is a myth that the animals get fat and lazy and that working dogs no longer work but none of that is the case.
  Ms Lloyd said cacti could injure livestock and working dogs and contaminate wool.
  It was also a chance for city dwellers to take a closer look at ferrets, birds of prey and working dogs.
2Functioning or able to function.
能运转的；在使用的
the mill still has a working waterwheel
作坊有一个水轮仍能运转。
Example sentencesExamples
- Also, at the time, his mobile was one of the few working numbers that the Australian media were able to reach when the story broke.
- Is it like geography, hundreds of years before we can build a working model?
- While the idea of creating actual working models was pretty cool, the actual execution was far from satisfying.
- The highlight of this particular gallery will be the large working scale model of the Town Mill.
- Therefore, the working model presented provides only a rough picture of what is really going on.
- Williams says that although in many cases scientists have worked out how it happens, he wants to build a working model of the process.
- Class Two involves the design and manufacture of a working car chassis as well as competing in numerous static events.
- Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service stresses the importance of having a working smoke alarm.
- Those were the days when a patent application had to be accompanied by a working model.
- Additional data is now being collected to set up a working model for managing traffic flow.
- Tony already has a working model of the pendulum in his research room.
- The objective of the project is to research and make a working model of a body system.
- The students made use of charts and working models to explain their experiments.
- Back then, Boeing engineers used the wind tunnel model to create new and working designs.
- What industry would benefit from a large database of known working email addresses?
- So all these things together, you're all of a sudden seeing a working business model.
- At first it was powered by the River Bollin and there is still a working water wheel for visitors to see and especially to hear.
- Judges moving among the audience keenly observed the working models and rated the best projects.
- Having said that, it will be interesting to see how a working model actually feels in use.
- So, it's difficult to create a working model to handle the relief logistics ahead of time.
Synonyms
functioning, operating, going, running, active
1. 2.1 (of parts of a machine) moving and causing a machine to operate.
  （机器部件）操纵的，操作的
  the working parts of a digital watch
  电子表的运转装置。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Such systems have multiple working parts, each of which is essential for function.
  The notion of using molecules as the working elements of a computer goes back several decades.
  Listen, if you take a working part out of a machine you end up with junk!
  Synonyms
  in motion, operating, operational, going, on the move, active
3(of a theory, definition, or title) used as the basis for work or argument and likely to be developed, adapted, or improved later.
（理论，定义，题目）作为工作基础的，作为辩论基础的
the working hypothesis is tested and refined through discussion
通过讨论，作为出发点的假说被得到检验和完善。
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm going to use that as my working definition of gumption from now on.
- On the basis of the results a working hypothesis has been developed which is summarized in Fig.7.
- In conducting the search, we had to develop a working definition of each term.
- Power and Stone - the working title of the book - will be published next May.
- No one knows for sure, but there is a working theory currently making the rounds.
- Can we establish a working theory to explain these exceptions, and what consequences might this have?
- I'm definitely going to have to take some time to formulate a working theory in my own mind.
- It has a working title and even that's more than I've managed to create in ages.
- This, of course, is all debatable as well, but it at least seems like a working hypothesis.
- Is there a working definition that people have agreed on in order to facilitate discussion?
- Then, each interviewee was asked how the working definition compares with his or her own.
- So we must accept a working definition at some point, and go with it, flaws and all.
- The working definition of insomnia is a persistent difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep.
- But here, as with other mental states, we need a working definition to clarify what we are looking for.
- Take the case of accepting something as a working hypothesis or for the sake of argument.
- To endow it with some interest, we need to break it down into a set of working theories which we then apply to different domains of fact.
- I wrote an original screenplay for a film which has the working title Personal Honour.
- Now that we have a working definition of money, we can now move on to defining what the supply of it is in a given economy.
- The working title for the conversion is the Skerryvore Project.
- The maths game, which has the working title Pirate's Star, is being devised by software developers at Abertay.
Synonyms
temporary, provisional, interim, pro tem, short-term, makeshift, improvised, emergency, impromptu, rough and ready
1. 3.1 (of something possessed) sufficient to work with.
  可行的；足以成事的，起作用的
  they have a working knowledge of contract law
  他们拥有能满足工作需要的合同法知识。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Although anyone with a working knowledge of PCs can set up their own back up system relatively simply, not everyone knows how.
  He had a working knowledge of five languages and was fluent in four.
  It was sheer luck that, by the time he was an adult, he had a working knowledge of some of the finest food in the world.
  But a working knowledge of English is not necessary for daily life in Greenland.
  And as a way of indicating the process by which she acquired a working knowledge of the city around her, it rings untrue.
  He has a working knowledge of French, but for some reason does not get on well with the French boys.
  He still must gain a working knowledge of a sophisticated offense before he becomes a threat.
  Computer skills are essential, as is a working knowledge of control systems.
  A working knowledge of basic mathematical concepts is essential in modern life.
  Postgraduate study and a working knowledge of the latest industry advances are key.
  But not all of you will require a working knowledge of English grammar to get by in life.
  Women in rural areas must be able to have a basic working knowledge of what is in the Domestic Violence Act.
  All you need to bring with you is a working knowledge of the language in which you intend to write, a pad and a pencil.
  And of course a working knowledge of the properties of metals could easily lend itself to deception and fraud.
  They cover terms that provide the beginnings of a viable working vocabulary for describing meter.
  Read on to gain a working knowledge of the tremendous range of mowers available today.
  After helping him on a few houses, I gained a working knowledge of the proper use of fittings.
  Synonyms
  sufficient, adequate, good enough, viable

nounˈwərkiNGˈwərkɪŋ

1The action of doing work.
工作，干活，劳动
Example sentencesExamples
- Claims of working for the fictitious water board allowed bogus callers to steal from the home of an elderly Chelmsford resident.
- We need to build our links with the community through coalition work and working with other unions.
- Some believe that working two shifts will cut hourly machine costs in half.
- I still find the whole working from home thing a bit of a task.
- She works in the garden there, particularly enjoying working with flowers.
- And Mr Blair said ID cards would help against illegal immigration and working.
- I'm surprised this is not a more frequent event with the daily working of school buses.
- This was a direct result of working with them at the studio radio station.
- I thought I might take the day off from work, but I think working will actually be good.
- He combined working as a warehouse manager in Manchester with singing on the northern club circuit where he met Windsor Davies.
- Maybe something to do with social work or working for an aid organisation overseas.
- BNP already has mainland joint ventures for managing money and working with corporations.
- She loved working with the school, she saw the students as people.
- I decided to leave school and concentrate on playing golf and working at night.
- He told those attending she had ‘aura, charisma and a precious gift of working with children’.
- It was great fun to work there and I loved working as a team.
- In class she could barely keep her mind on her work and working at the car shop seemed to go by as quickly as molasses.
2workingsThe way in which a machine, organization, or system operates.
操作，操纵；经营
we will be less secretive about the workings of government
我们将增加政府运作的透明度。
Example sentencesExamples
- However, with the increasingly detailed knowledge of the workings of the human machine, we began to slowly develop a pattern that might just explain why.
- And being a politician helps me get good raw material about the inside workings of governments and organizations.
- Hollywood suffers, as does parliamentary journalism, from a belief that people are far more interested in the inner workings and machinations of the business than they are.
- For those who disagree with a judge's opinion, there is ample opportunity to respond within the normal workings of the judicial system.
- Another potential use for the system is in providing information about the workings of buildings or machinery not visible to the naked eye.
- My favorite quote from the book concerns the early workings of American-style democratic politics.
- He gained a lot more insight into the workings of our legal system from his experience than I did from mine.
- The public has had the pleasure of an unprecedented and still unfolding expose on the inner workings of a public service operating in a culture of fear.
- Why should I have to understand the inner workings of this machine?
- The structure of the political system and the workings of that system favour those who have economic influence.
- As a result, there is a general suspicion about the truth of statements emerging from the machine about the workings of government policy.
- The media has exposed deceit and fabrication behind the workings of the government machinery and the various commissions set up to look into acts of violence.
- First, the synthetic systems can serve as a basis to understand the workings of natural systems, which are usually much more complicated and difficult to unravel.
- The internal workings of the machines cannot be examined by citizens, political opponents or technology experts.
- We need to be able to have confidence in the justice system and everyone needs to be able to have confidence in the workings of that justice system.
- They are alone with the rollercoaster of emotion even though they are still part of the workings of political machine.
- Access to the transparent buildings reproduced a feeling of knowledge, knowledge of the inner workings of both machines and humans.
- It is the heat given off by the workings of quite different machinery.
- Ultimately, it precludes a collective understanding of the workings of an economic system which destroys people's lives.
- And they also had to study up on DNA science and the workings of the legal system.
Synonyms
functioning, operation, running, action, performance
mechanism, machinery, moving parts, working parts, movement, action, works
3usually workingsA mine or a part of a mine from which minerals are being extracted.
矿；采矿场
Example sentencesExamples
- The room and pillar mine workings are stable with no signs of salt movement or rock distress.
- The expected solution is a permanent diversion around the problem, which is a legacy of old mine workings.
- The building is surrounded on three sides by the pink-brown textured walls of old quarry workings, so that the archives are held in a granite embrace.
- Caves, tunnels and mine workings may be used to provide cover for communications centers and stations.
- Just when he moved into the capacious double-cave system, among the old slate quarry workings of Castle Crag, is not certain.
- But the same would be likely to apply to inert waste deposited at the County's exhausted minerals workings or landfill sites.
- On the other hand, wherever intelligence and tractability mattered, as in mine workings and coal pits, and in pulling harvesters and ploughs, horses were the favoured form of power.
- He employed thirty to forty men in the mid-1930s and extracted ore from underground workings that were accessed by shafts and declines.
- It can play a part in locating old mines by detecting voids and fractures and profiling old workings within the seam.
- Unbeknownst to them, the dam was constructed over five disused mine shafts, which led into the underground workings of an old mine.
- This vein trends to the northeast, and it is likely that it intersects the Greenbank vein somewhere to the north of the current mine workings.
- Beneath the site there were some disused mine shafts leading to old coal workings which, unknown to the defendants, were connected to the plaintiff's mine.
- With the dumps gone, datolite collecting switched to the accessible underground workings of the Michigan mine.
- He was an engineer by profession, and used to look after the engines and trucks which ran on the light railways out to the more distant parts of the opencast mine workings.
- The campsite at La Torerera, near the town of Huelva in the southwest corner of Andalucia, is on the site of old mineral workings, now partly a nature reserve.
- In some instances, subsurface information from drill holes, mine workings, and geophysical surveys provide supporting factual information.
- Explore the Lowther Hills or wander along lower-level paths, past the old lead mine workings.
- The ancient mine workings are mostly open-cut trenches of up to a few metres in depth.
- The surrounding area is mostly old mine workings and is close to the River Calder.
- It was centered on the Black Iron mine workings.

Phrases

working lunch (or dinner, etc.)

A lunch (or dinner, etc.) at which those present discuss business.

词汇	working
释义	Definition of working in English: working adjective ˈwəːkɪŋˈwərkɪŋ 1Having paid employment. 有工作的，有职业的 the size of the working population 劳动人口的数量。 Example sentencesExamples When are we going to get something done about this pampered section of the working population? Moreover these old industries now employ only a tiny fraction of the working population. Only another working mother can fully realize what my life has become. Her stories are told without censure, and with sympathy for both children and parents, especially working mothers. It is not uncommon for nursing working mothers to make a lunchtime dash for a car, plug into the cigarette lighter and pump away in the parking lot. They thus contributed to the further political disorientation of the working population. A large section of the working population already have ID as a condition of their employment. It is nearer one tenth of the population or one fifth of the working population. That includes trying to increase the working population in Scotland. So why do we not demand more of these productivity gains back in practical support for working mothers and fathers? Most of the working women are employed as seamstresses in the dressmaking industry. This affects, directly or indirectly, more than half the working population of this country. Where is this compassionate Government that cares for the working person and the employee? Despite this, many working mothers encounter few problems and have supportive employers. Scotland is facing a serious future skills gap with an ageing and shrinking working population, according to a new study. A third of the working population in the Western Isles were employed by the local authority. The 1980s and 1990s were decades of progress for western career women and working mothers. Personal pensions were set up because the working population has become more mobile. Over half the women who are employed in most urban areas are working mothers. The failure of schools to offer working mothers more flexibility, she believes, remains the major stumbling block. Synonyms employed, in work, in a job, waged, in gainful employment 1.1 Engaged in manual labour. 体力劳动的；干活的 the vote is no longer sufficient protection for the working man 对于劳动者来说，投票选举已不再是足以保护他们的手段了。 Example sentencesExamples Is cycling still a working man's sport? "I guess you'd say I'm kind of a working man's lawyer." 1.2 Relating to, suitable for, or for the purpose of work. 工作上的；适合工作的；干活用的 improvements in living and working conditions 生活和工作条件的改善。 Example sentencesExamples I'm also prepared to stand up and be counted though, if I feel strongly about issues that affect my working conditions. The Smiths have cook-ins during the weekends to make meals for the working week using fresh produce. Does an employee have a duty not to bad-mouth their employer out of working hours? These passes provide pensioners, many of whom have worked hard all their working lives and paid taxes, with free travel. He was a well-known advocate for better working conditions and higher pay for Cambodian workers. Another 200,000 died from hunger, disease, and inhumane working conditions. Now if you want to be totally stupid about it that could work out at almost a year in the working life of an employee. Therefore we shall be in a position to offer attractive wages and suitable working conditions. Other outstanding issues include working conditions and workplace safety. In May, workers walked off the job to protest unsafe working conditions. If hired as a runner, always, always get a signed contract with your working terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the difficult working conditions, a major inroad was made. To reserve a place on the small business wirefree working seminar call 0208 232 7229. The Victorian Building Workers campaign for a shorter working week was also discussed at length. Employees are often forced to work a seven-day week and complain of low wages and poor working conditions. Flexible working rules allow an employee to look after a child up to the age of six. Although unemployment is still rising, this is only because job creation is not keeping pace with the population of working age. Mick woke up, got washed and shaved and put his working clothes on thinking it was 7.30 am Monday morning. It has produced unfriendly working conditions for people with families. Full employment through shorter working hours at worker co-ops was the ideal. 1.3 (of an animal) used in farming, hunting, or for guard duties; not kept as a pet or for show. （动物）用于农业的；用作打猎的；用于看守的 the Norfolk Terrier was developed as a working dog on farms Example sentencesExamples There is work around livestock that simply can't be done without a real working dog. A horse could live on hay and grass alone, but eating time and bulk both had to be reduced for a working horse. Again looking back in history, the Celts were good farmers and set great store by their working dogs. In future docking will only be allowed for working dogs whose tails could otherwise become painfully damaged. During the time that the baits were out, our three yard and working dogs were on the chain. Hunt supporters from the region will be taking dozens of working dogs to protest against the ban outside Parliament. They are bred for hunting and are designed to be working dogs. He said the dogs were treated as working dogs rather than as pets but were still loved by their handlers. Some working dogs go to the armed forces or the police, as German Shepherds are one of the largest groups in the home. It was also a chance for city dwellers to take a closer look at ferrets, birds of prey and working dogs. There is a myth that the animals get fat and lazy and that working dogs no longer work but none of that is the case. He was also a renowned and skilful dog trainer and was never without a good working dog. As a working dog, this breed is always happiest when it is given a job to do. The dog, described as a white collie, is a working dog and has never been missing for this long without returning. So therefore there is no reason they cant be pets rather than working dogs. Ms Lloyd said cacti could injure livestock and working dogs and contaminate wool. Many graziers in the Far West of New South Wales rely on working dogs to help round up goats. The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association says it is cruel to keep the working dog locked up for eight hours each day. In summary, it appears that stomach ulcers are a common finding in foals and working horses. Perhaps one-third of the land under crop was taken up by oats grown to feed a farm's own working horses. 2Functioning or able to function. 能运转的；在使用的 the mill still has a working waterwheel 作坊有一个水轮仍能运转。 Example sentencesExamples So all these things together, you're all of a sudden seeing a working business model. Back then, Boeing engineers used the wind tunnel model to create new and working designs. Also, at the time, his mobile was one of the few working numbers that the Australian media were able to reach when the story broke. The students made use of charts and working models to explain their experiments. Additional data is now being collected to set up a working model for managing traffic flow. Is it like geography, hundreds of years before we can build a working model? Judges moving among the audience keenly observed the working models and rated the best projects. Williams says that although in many cases scientists have worked out how it happens, he wants to build a working model of the process. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service stresses the importance of having a working smoke alarm. Tony already has a working model of the pendulum in his research room. The highlight of this particular gallery will be the large working scale model of the Town Mill. So, it's difficult to create a working model to handle the relief logistics ahead of time. Class Two involves the design and manufacture of a working car chassis as well as competing in numerous static events. At first it was powered by the River Bollin and there is still a working water wheel for visitors to see and especially to hear. Those were the days when a patent application had to be accompanied by a working model. The objective of the project is to research and make a working model of a body system. What industry would benefit from a large database of known working email addresses? Therefore, the working model presented provides only a rough picture of what is really going on. While the idea of creating actual working models was pretty cool, the actual execution was far from satisfying. Having said that, it will be interesting to see how a working model actually feels in use. Synonyms functioning, operating, going, running, active in working order, operational, functional, able to function, usable, serviceable informal up and running 2.1 (of parts of a machine) moving and causing a machine to operate. （机器部件）操纵的，操作的 the working parts of a digital watch 电子表的运转装置。 Example sentencesExamples Listen, if you take a working part out of a machine you end up with junk! The notion of using molecules as the working elements of a computer goes back several decades. Such systems have multiple working parts, each of which is essential for function. Synonyms in motion, operating, operational, going, on the move, active 3(of a theory, definition, or title) used as the basis for work or argument and likely to be developed or improved later. （理论，定义，题目）作为工作基础的，作为辩论基础的 his working title for the book was Why People Are Poor Example sentencesExamples The working definition of insomnia is a persistent difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep. This, of course, is all debatable as well, but it at least seems like a working hypothesis. The working title for the conversion is the Skerryvore Project. It has a working title and even that's more than I've managed to create in ages. Now that we have a working definition of money, we can now move on to defining what the supply of it is in a given economy. Then, each interviewee was asked how the working definition compares with his or her own. So we must accept a working definition at some point, and go with it, flaws and all. I'm going to use that as my working definition of gumption from now on. But here, as with other mental states, we need a working definition to clarify what we are looking for. On the basis of the results a working hypothesis has been developed which is summarized in Fig.7. Power and Stone - the working title of the book - will be published next May. I wrote an original screenplay for a film which has the working title Personal Honour. I'm definitely going to have to take some time to formulate a working theory in my own mind. No one knows for sure, but there is a working theory currently making the rounds. Is there a working definition that people have agreed on in order to facilitate discussion? To endow it with some interest, we need to break it down into a set of working theories which we then apply to different domains of fact. In conducting the search, we had to develop a working definition of each term. The maths game, which has the working title Pirate's Star, is being devised by software developers at Abertay. Take the case of accepting something as a working hypothesis or for the sake of argument. Can we establish a working theory to explain these exceptions, and what consequences might this have? Synonyms temporary, provisional, interim, pro tem, short-term, makeshift, improvised, emergency, impromptu, rough and ready 3.1 Sufficient to work with at a basic level. they have a working knowledge of contract law 他们拥有能满足工作需要的合同法知识。 Example sentencesExamples Read on to gain a working knowledge of the tremendous range of mowers available today. It was sheer luck that, by the time he was an adult, he had a working knowledge of some of the finest food in the world. And of course a working knowledge of the properties of metals could easily lend itself to deception and fraud. All you need to bring with you is a working knowledge of the language in which you intend to write, a pad and a pencil. After helping him on a few houses, I gained a working knowledge of the proper use of fittings. He has a working knowledge of French, but for some reason does not get on well with the French boys. And as a way of indicating the process by which she acquired a working knowledge of the city around her, it rings untrue. Although anyone with a working knowledge of PCs can set up their own back up system relatively simply, not everyone knows how. Postgraduate study and a working knowledge of the latest industry advances are key. He still must gain a working knowledge of a sophisticated offense before he becomes a threat. Computer skills are essential, as is a working knowledge of control systems. He had a working knowledge of five languages and was fluent in four. But a working knowledge of English is not necessary for daily life in Greenland. But not all of you will require a working knowledge of English grammar to get by in life. A working knowledge of basic mathematical concepts is essential in modern life. Women in rural areas must be able to have a basic working knowledge of what is in the Domestic Violence Act. They cover terms that provide the beginnings of a viable working vocabulary for describing meter. Synonyms sufficient, adequate, good enough, viable useful, effective noun ˈwəːkɪŋˈwərkɪŋ 1mass noun The action of doing work. 工作，干活，劳动 working with animals teaches patience Example sentencesExamples I'm surprised this is not a more frequent event with the daily working of school buses. She loved working with the school, she saw the students as people. Claims of working for the fictitious water board allowed bogus callers to steal from the home of an elderly Chelmsford resident. Maybe something to do with social work or working for an aid organisation overseas. Some believe that working two shifts will cut hourly machine costs in half. I still find the whole working from home thing a bit of a task. She works in the garden there, particularly enjoying working with flowers. This was a direct result of working with them at the studio radio station. In class she could barely keep her mind on her work and working at the car shop seemed to go by as quickly as molasses. He combined working as a warehouse manager in Manchester with singing on the northern club circuit where he met Windsor Davies. BNP already has mainland joint ventures for managing money and working with corporations. It was great fun to work there and I loved working as a team. We need to build our links with the community through coalition work and working with other unions. He told those attending she had ‘aura, charisma and a precious gift of working with children’. And Mr Blair said ID cards would help against illegal immigration and working. I thought I might take the day off from work, but I think working will actually be good. I decided to leave school and concentrate on playing golf and working at night. 1.1count noun A scheduled duty or trip performed by a locomotive, train, bus, or other vehicle. （机车、火车、公共汽车等交通工具按时刻表运行的）班次，线路 locomotive 37418 is often seen on this working 经常看到37418号机车在这条线上运行。 Example sentencesExamples The spring 1998 timetable change makes it possible to photograph this working in Cornwall in daylight Somewhere during this working someone saw it, travelled on it or photographed it. 2workingsThe way in which a machine, organization, or system operates. 操作，操纵；经营 we will be less secretive about the workings of government 我们将增加政府运作的透明度。 Example sentencesExamples We need to be able to have confidence in the justice system and everyone needs to be able to have confidence in the workings of that justice system. He gained a lot more insight into the workings of our legal system from his experience than I did from mine. It is the heat given off by the workings of quite different machinery. And they also had to study up on DNA science and the workings of the legal system. The public has had the pleasure of an unprecedented and still unfolding expose on the inner workings of a public service operating in a culture of fear. However, with the increasingly detailed knowledge of the workings of the human machine, we began to slowly develop a pattern that might just explain why. Another potential use for the system is in providing information about the workings of buildings or machinery not visible to the naked eye. Ultimately, it precludes a collective understanding of the workings of an economic system which destroys people's lives. The internal workings of the machines cannot be examined by citizens, political opponents or technology experts. Hollywood suffers, as does parliamentary journalism, from a belief that people are far more interested in the inner workings and machinations of the business than they are. Why should I have to understand the inner workings of this machine? My favorite quote from the book concerns the early workings of American-style democratic politics. For those who disagree with a judge's opinion, there is ample opportunity to respond within the normal workings of the judicial system. Access to the transparent buildings reproduced a feeling of knowledge, knowledge of the inner workings of both machines and humans. The structure of the political system and the workings of that system favour those who have economic influence. And being a politician helps me get good raw material about the inside workings of governments and organizations. As a result, there is a general suspicion about the truth of statements emerging from the machine about the workings of government policy. The media has exposed deceit and fabrication behind the workings of the government machinery and the various commissions set up to look into acts of violence. They are alone with the rollercoaster of emotion even though they are still part of the workings of political machine. First, the synthetic systems can serve as a basis to understand the workings of natural systems, which are usually much more complicated and difficult to unravel. Synonyms functioning, operation, running, action, performance mechanism, machinery, working/moving parts, movement, action, works informal innards, insides 2.1 The record of the successive calculations made in solving a mathematical problem. （数学题的）计算过程，解答 show details of workings in your answer book 在练习册上，适当地写明详细的运算步骤。 Example sentencesExamples You don't have to understand intimately all the workings of the algorithms and programs that make it happen. As soon as he viewed a window detailing the current workings of the sound detecting code, he realised something was awfully wrong. Your responses to his work are planned long in advance, using the logic and workings of an emotional mathematician. 3usually workingscount noun A mine or a part of a mine from which minerals are being extracted. 矿；采矿场 a modern mine on the site of old workings Example sentencesExamples It was centered on the Black Iron mine workings. With the dumps gone, datolite collecting switched to the accessible underground workings of the Michigan mine. Caves, tunnels and mine workings may be used to provide cover for communications centers and stations. The room and pillar mine workings are stable with no signs of salt movement or rock distress. Unbeknownst to them, the dam was constructed over five disused mine shafts, which led into the underground workings of an old mine. The expected solution is a permanent diversion around the problem, which is a legacy of old mine workings. It can play a part in locating old mines by detecting voids and fractures and profiling old workings within the seam. The ancient mine workings are mostly open-cut trenches of up to a few metres in depth. The building is surrounded on three sides by the pink-brown textured walls of old quarry workings, so that the archives are held in a granite embrace. He employed thirty to forty men in the mid-1930s and extracted ore from underground workings that were accessed by shafts and declines. This vein trends to the northeast, and it is likely that it intersects the Greenbank vein somewhere to the north of the current mine workings. Just when he moved into the capacious double-cave system, among the old slate quarry workings of Castle Crag, is not certain. On the other hand, wherever intelligence and tractability mattered, as in mine workings and coal pits, and in pulling harvesters and ploughs, horses were the favoured form of power. Beneath the site there were some disused mine shafts leading to old coal workings which, unknown to the defendants, were connected to the plaintiff's mine. The campsite at La Torerera, near the town of Huelva in the southwest corner of Andalucia, is on the site of old mineral workings, now partly a nature reserve. The surrounding area is mostly old mine workings and is close to the River Calder. In some instances, subsurface information from drill holes, mine workings, and geophysical surveys provide supporting factual information. Explore the Lowther Hills or wander along lower-level paths, past the old lead mine workings. He was an engineer by profession, and used to look after the engines and trucks which ran on the light railways out to the more distant parts of the opencast mine workings. But the same would be likely to apply to inert waste deposited at the County's exhausted minerals workings or landfill sites. Rhymes hardworking Definition of working in US English: working adjectiveˈwərkiNGˈwərkɪŋ 1Having paid employment. 有工作的，有职业的 the size of the working population 劳动人口的数量。 Example sentencesExamples When are we going to get something done about this pampered section of the working population? They thus contributed to the further political disorientation of the working population. That includes trying to increase the working population in Scotland. The 1980s and 1990s were decades of progress for western career women and working mothers. Most of the working women are employed as seamstresses in the dressmaking industry. This affects, directly or indirectly, more than half the working population of this country. Scotland is facing a serious future skills gap with an ageing and shrinking working population, according to a new study. So why do we not demand more of these productivity gains back in practical support for working mothers and fathers? Personal pensions were set up because the working population has become more mobile. A third of the working population in the Western Isles were employed by the local authority. It is not uncommon for nursing working mothers to make a lunchtime dash for a car, plug into the cigarette lighter and pump away in the parking lot. Despite this, many working mothers encounter few problems and have supportive employers. Her stories are told without censure, and with sympathy for both children and parents, especially working mothers. A large section of the working population already have ID as a condition of their employment. The failure of schools to offer working mothers more flexibility, she believes, remains the major stumbling block. Over half the women who are employed in most urban areas are working mothers. Moreover these old industries now employ only a tiny fraction of the working population. Only another working mother can fully realize what my life has become. Where is this compassionate Government that cares for the working person and the employee? It is nearer one tenth of the population or one fifth of the working population. Synonyms employed, in work, in a job, waged, in gainful employment 1.1 Engaged in manual labor. 体力劳动的；干活的 the vote is no longer sufficient protection for the working man 对于劳动者来说，投票选举已不再是足以保护他们的手段了。 Example sentencesExamples "I guess you'd say I'm kind of a working man's lawyer." Is cycling still a working man's sport? 1.2 Relating to, suitable for, or for the purpose of work. 工作上的；适合工作的；干活用的 improvements in living and working conditions 生活和工作条件的改善。 Example sentencesExamples Another 200,000 died from hunger, disease, and inhumane working conditions. Full employment through shorter working hours at worker co-ops was the ideal. Does an employee have a duty not to bad-mouth their employer out of working hours? Although unemployment is still rising, this is only because job creation is not keeping pace with the population of working age. Mick woke up, got washed and shaved and put his working clothes on thinking it was 7.30 am Monday morning. Therefore we shall be in a position to offer attractive wages and suitable working conditions. The Smiths have cook-ins during the weekends to make meals for the working week using fresh produce. To reserve a place on the small business wirefree working seminar call 0208 232 7229. If hired as a runner, always, always get a signed contract with your working terms and conditions. These passes provide pensioners, many of whom have worked hard all their working lives and paid taxes, with free travel. In May, workers walked off the job to protest unsafe working conditions. Flexible working rules allow an employee to look after a child up to the age of six. The Victorian Building Workers campaign for a shorter working week was also discussed at length. Other outstanding issues include working conditions and workplace safety. Notwithstanding the difficult working conditions, a major inroad was made. He was a well-known advocate for better working conditions and higher pay for Cambodian workers. Employees are often forced to work a seven-day week and complain of low wages and poor working conditions. I'm also prepared to stand up and be counted though, if I feel strongly about issues that affect my working conditions. Now if you want to be totally stupid about it that could work out at almost a year in the working life of an employee. It has produced unfriendly working conditions for people with families. 1.3 (of an animal) used in farming, hunting, or for guard duties; not kept as a pet or for show. （动物）用于农业的；用作打猎的；用于看守的 Example sentencesExamples As a working dog, this breed is always happiest when it is given a job to do. He said the dogs were treated as working dogs rather than as pets but were still loved by their handlers. In summary, it appears that stomach ulcers are a common finding in foals and working horses. A horse could live on hay and grass alone, but eating time and bulk both had to be reduced for a working horse. He was also a renowned and skilful dog trainer and was never without a good working dog. They are bred for hunting and are designed to be working dogs. Many graziers in the Far West of New South Wales rely on working dogs to help round up goats. The dog, described as a white collie, is a working dog and has never been missing for this long without returning. So therefore there is no reason they cant be pets rather than working dogs. Some working dogs go to the armed forces or the police, as German Shepherds are one of the largest groups in the home. Perhaps one-third of the land under crop was taken up by oats grown to feed a farm's own working horses. Again looking back in history, the Celts were good farmers and set great store by their working dogs. During the time that the baits were out, our three yard and working dogs were on the chain. In future docking will only be allowed for working dogs whose tails could otherwise become painfully damaged. There is work around livestock that simply can't be done without a real working dog. The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association says it is cruel to keep the working dog locked up for eight hours each day. Hunt supporters from the region will be taking dozens of working dogs to protest against the ban outside Parliament. There is a myth that the animals get fat and lazy and that working dogs no longer work but none of that is the case. Ms Lloyd said cacti could injure livestock and working dogs and contaminate wool. It was also a chance for city dwellers to take a closer look at ferrets, birds of prey and working dogs. 2Functioning or able to function. 能运转的；在使用的 the mill still has a working waterwheel 作坊有一个水轮仍能运转。 Example sentencesExamples Also, at the time, his mobile was one of the few working numbers that the Australian media were able to reach when the story broke. Is it like geography, hundreds of years before we can build a working model? While the idea of creating actual working models was pretty cool, the actual execution was far from satisfying. The highlight of this particular gallery will be the large working scale model of the Town Mill. Therefore, the working model presented provides only a rough picture of what is really going on. Williams says that although in many cases scientists have worked out how it happens, he wants to build a working model of the process. Class Two involves the design and manufacture of a working car chassis as well as competing in numerous static events. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service stresses the importance of having a working smoke alarm. Those were the days when a patent application had to be accompanied by a working model. Additional data is now being collected to set up a working model for managing traffic flow. Tony already has a working model of the pendulum in his research room. The objective of the project is to research and make a working model of a body system. The students made use of charts and working models to explain their experiments. Back then, Boeing engineers used the wind tunnel model to create new and working designs. What industry would benefit from a large database of known working email addresses? So all these things together, you're all of a sudden seeing a working business model. At first it was powered by the River Bollin and there is still a working water wheel for visitors to see and especially to hear. Judges moving among the audience keenly observed the working models and rated the best projects. Having said that, it will be interesting to see how a working model actually feels in use. So, it's difficult to create a working model to handle the relief logistics ahead of time. Synonyms functioning, operating, going, running, active 2.1 (of parts of a machine) moving and causing a machine to operate. （机器部件）操纵的，操作的 the working parts of a digital watch 电子表的运转装置。 Example sentencesExamples Such systems have multiple working parts, each of which is essential for function. The notion of using molecules as the working elements of a computer goes back several decades. Listen, if you take a working part out of a machine you end up with junk! Synonyms in motion, operating, operational, going, on the move, active 3(of a theory, definition, or title) used as the basis for work or argument and likely to be developed, adapted, or improved later. （理论，定义，题目）作为工作基础的，作为辩论基础的 the working hypothesis is tested and refined through discussion 通过讨论，作为出发点的假说被得到检验和完善。 Example sentencesExamples I'm going to use that as my working definition of gumption from now on. On the basis of the results a working hypothesis has been developed which is summarized in Fig.7. In conducting the search, we had to develop a working definition of each term. Power and Stone - the working title of the book - will be published next May. No one knows for sure, but there is a working theory currently making the rounds. Can we establish a working theory to explain these exceptions, and what consequences might this have? I'm definitely going to have to take some time to formulate a working theory in my own mind. It has a working title and even that's more than I've managed to create in ages. This, of course, is all debatable as well, but it at least seems like a working hypothesis. Is there a working definition that people have agreed on in order to facilitate discussion? Then, each interviewee was asked how the working definition compares with his or her own. So we must accept a working definition at some point, and go with it, flaws and all. The working definition of insomnia is a persistent difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep. But here, as with other mental states, we need a working definition to clarify what we are looking for. Take the case of accepting something as a working hypothesis or for the sake of argument. To endow it with some interest, we need to break it down into a set of working theories which we then apply to different domains of fact. I wrote an original screenplay for a film which has the working title Personal Honour. Now that we have a working definition of money, we can now move on to defining what the supply of it is in a given economy. The working title for the conversion is the Skerryvore Project. The maths game, which has the working title Pirate's Star, is being devised by software developers at Abertay. Synonyms temporary, provisional, interim, pro tem, short-term, makeshift, improvised, emergency, impromptu, rough and ready 3.1 (of something possessed) sufficient to work with. 可行的；足以成事的，起作用的 they have a working knowledge of contract law 他们拥有能满足工作需要的合同法知识。 Example sentencesExamples Although anyone with a working knowledge of PCs can set up their own back up system relatively simply, not everyone knows how. He had a working knowledge of five languages and was fluent in four. It was sheer luck that, by the time he was an adult, he had a working knowledge of some of the finest food in the world. But a working knowledge of English is not necessary for daily life in Greenland. And as a way of indicating the process by which she acquired a working knowledge of the city around her, it rings untrue. He has a working knowledge of French, but for some reason does not get on well with the French boys. He still must gain a working knowledge of a sophisticated offense before he becomes a threat. Computer skills are essential, as is a working knowledge of control systems. A working knowledge of basic mathematical concepts is essential in modern life. Postgraduate study and a working knowledge of the latest industry advances are key. But not all of you will require a working knowledge of English grammar to get by in life. Women in rural areas must be able to have a basic working knowledge of what is in the Domestic Violence Act. All you need to bring with you is a working knowledge of the language in which you intend to write, a pad and a pencil. And of course a working knowledge of the properties of metals could easily lend itself to deception and fraud. They cover terms that provide the beginnings of a viable working vocabulary for describing meter. Read on to gain a working knowledge of the tremendous range of mowers available today. After helping him on a few houses, I gained a working knowledge of the proper use of fittings. Synonyms sufficient, adequate, good enough, viable nounˈwərkiNGˈwərkɪŋ 1The action of doing work. 工作，干活，劳动 Example sentencesExamples Claims of working for the fictitious water board allowed bogus callers to steal from the home of an elderly Chelmsford resident. We need to build our links with the community through coalition work and working with other unions. Some believe that working two shifts will cut hourly machine costs in half. I still find the whole working from home thing a bit of a task. She works in the garden there, particularly enjoying working with flowers. And Mr Blair said ID cards would help against illegal immigration and working. I'm surprised this is not a more frequent event with the daily working of school buses. This was a direct result of working with them at the studio radio station. I thought I might take the day off from work, but I think working will actually be good. He combined working as a warehouse manager in Manchester with singing on the northern club circuit where he met Windsor Davies. Maybe something to do with social work or working for an aid organisation overseas. BNP already has mainland joint ventures for managing money and working with corporations. She loved working with the school, she saw the students as people. I decided to leave school and concentrate on playing golf and working at night. He told those attending she had ‘aura, charisma and a precious gift of working with children’. It was great fun to work there and I loved working as a team. In class she could barely keep her mind on her work and working at the car shop seemed to go by as quickly as molasses. 2workingsThe way in which a machine, organization, or system operates. 操作，操纵；经营 we will be less secretive about the workings of government 我们将增加政府运作的透明度。 Example sentencesExamples However, with the increasingly detailed knowledge of the workings of the human machine, we began to slowly develop a pattern that might just explain why. And being a politician helps me get good raw material about the inside workings of governments and organizations. Hollywood suffers, as does parliamentary journalism, from a belief that people are far more interested in the inner workings and machinations of the business than they are. For those who disagree with a judge's opinion, there is ample opportunity to respond within the normal workings of the judicial system. Another potential use for the system is in providing information about the workings of buildings or machinery not visible to the naked eye. My favorite quote from the book concerns the early workings of American-style democratic politics. He gained a lot more insight into the workings of our legal system from his experience than I did from mine. The public has had the pleasure of an unprecedented and still unfolding expose on the inner workings of a public service operating in a culture of fear. Why should I have to understand the inner workings of this machine? The structure of the political system and the workings of that system favour those who have economic influence. As a result, there is a general suspicion about the truth of statements emerging from the machine about the workings of government policy. The media has exposed deceit and fabrication behind the workings of the government machinery and the various commissions set up to look into acts of violence. First, the synthetic systems can serve as a basis to understand the workings of natural systems, which are usually much more complicated and difficult to unravel. The internal workings of the machines cannot be examined by citizens, political opponents or technology experts. We need to be able to have confidence in the justice system and everyone needs to be able to have confidence in the workings of that justice system. They are alone with the rollercoaster of emotion even though they are still part of the workings of political machine. Access to the transparent buildings reproduced a feeling of knowledge, knowledge of the inner workings of both machines and humans. It is the heat given off by the workings of quite different machinery. Ultimately, it precludes a collective understanding of the workings of an economic system which destroys people's lives. And they also had to study up on DNA science and the workings of the legal system. Synonyms functioning, operation, running, action, performance mechanism, machinery, moving parts, working parts, movement, action, works 3usually workingsA mine or a part of a mine from which minerals are being extracted. 矿；采矿场 Example sentencesExamples The room and pillar mine workings are stable with no signs of salt movement or rock distress. The expected solution is a permanent diversion around the problem, which is a legacy of old mine workings. The building is surrounded on three sides by the pink-brown textured walls of old quarry workings, so that the archives are held in a granite embrace. Caves, tunnels and mine workings may be used to provide cover for communications centers and stations. Just when he moved into the capacious double-cave system, among the old slate quarry workings of Castle Crag, is not certain. But the same would be likely to apply to inert waste deposited at the County's exhausted minerals workings or landfill sites. On the other hand, wherever intelligence and tractability mattered, as in mine workings and coal pits, and in pulling harvesters and ploughs, horses were the favoured form of power. He employed thirty to forty men in the mid-1930s and extracted ore from underground workings that were accessed by shafts and declines. It can play a part in locating old mines by detecting voids and fractures and profiling old workings within the seam. Unbeknownst to them, the dam was constructed over five disused mine shafts, which led into the underground workings of an old mine. This vein trends to the northeast, and it is likely that it intersects the Greenbank vein somewhere to the north of the current mine workings. Beneath the site there were some disused mine shafts leading to old coal workings which, unknown to the defendants, were connected to the plaintiff's mine. With the dumps gone, datolite collecting switched to the accessible underground workings of the Michigan mine. He was an engineer by profession, and used to look after the engines and trucks which ran on the light railways out to the more distant parts of the opencast mine workings. The campsite at La Torerera, near the town of Huelva in the southwest corner of Andalucia, is on the site of old mineral workings, now partly a nature reserve. In some instances, subsurface information from drill holes, mine workings, and geophysical surveys provide supporting factual information. Explore the Lowther Hills or wander along lower-level paths, past the old lead mine workings. The ancient mine workings are mostly open-cut trenches of up to a few metres in depth. The surrounding area is mostly old mine workings and is close to the River Calder. It was centered on the Black Iron mine workings. Phrases working lunch (or dinner, etc.) A lunch (or dinner, etc.) at which those present discuss business. adj.1 phr.
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