work‧ing 1 S2 W2 / wɜkɪŋ $ wɜr- / 形容词 [仅用于名词前]
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a) having a job that you are paid for → employed :
a working mother
Many working women rely on relatives for childcare.
A smaller working population will have to support a growing number of retired people.
b) old-fashioned having a physical or practical job
working man/people/folk
the ordinary working man
2 working hours/day/week the time that people spend doing their job :
In a normal working day, I see around 6 or 7 clients.
during/outside working hours
Telephone at any time during normal working hours.
Many mothers prefer flexible working hours .
We do a 37-hour working week.
3 working day a day of the week when most people work. In Britain and the US this is usually Monday to Friday 同义词 workday :
It will be returned within three working days (= three days, not including weekends or public holidays ) .
4 working conditions/environment etc the situation in which you work, especially the physical things such as pay or safety :
improvements in working conditions
5 working practices/methods the way in which you do your job :
training in up-to-date working practices
6 working life the part of your adult life when you have a paid job :
He spent all his working life in a factory.
7 (in) working order working properly and not broken
be in good/perfect/full etc working order
The car was old, but the engine was still in good working order.
the amount of exercise needed to keep your body in working order
8 working relationship the way that people work together
working relationship with/between
They want to establish a better working relationship between medical and nursing staff.
good/close/effective etc working relationship
We have a close working relationship with other voluntary groups.
9 a working knowledge of something enough knowledge of a system, subject, language etc to be able to use it or to do a particular job :
A good working knowledge of the building regulations is necessary for the job.
10 working clothes ( also work clothes ) clothes which you wear for work or are designed for people to work in
11 working model a model that has parts that move
12 working parts the parts of a machine that move
13 working definition/theory/title a definition , idea etc that may not be exactly right but is good enough to use when you start working on something
14 working majority British English enough support in parliament for a government to continue making laws and ruling a country
15 working breakfast/lunch/dinner a breakfast, lunch etc which is also a business meeting
16 working memory technical the part of a person’s or computer’s memory which stores information about the thing being worked on now