工作 — meaning in English

English meaning

• assignment noun A task given to someone, especially a piece of schoolwork or a work project.
• breeze noun A light, pleasant wind.
• business noun The activity of making, buying, or selling goods or services to earn money.
• capacity noun The greatest amount that something can hold, contain, or produce.
• deed noun An action, especially a notable or significant one.
• duty noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
• employ verb To hire someone and pay them to do work.
• employment noun A paid job or work that someone does regularly.
• functional adj Working properly; in usable, operating condition.
• gig noun A single performance booking for a musician or entertainer.
• hire verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
• job noun A paid position of regular employment.
• labour noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
• operate verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
• operative adjective In effect, functioning, or currently applicable.
• overall adj Taking everything into account; general.
• position noun A place or location where something or someone is.
• till prep Up to the time of; until.
• toil noun Hard, exhausting work.
• tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.
• travail noun Hard, exhausting effort that involves suffering or hardship.
• work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.
• workplace noun The location, such as an office or factory, where someone does their job.

Senses

工作 is used for these senses in English:

• assignment An assigned task.
• breeze (figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
• business (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
• capacity A role; the position in which one functions.
• decommission To take out of service or to render unusable.
• deed An action or act; something that is done.
• duty (engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
• employ The state of being an employee; employment.

assignment — full definition

1. noun A task given to someone, especially a piece of schoolwork or a work project.
2. noun The legal transfer of a right, property, or benefit from one person to another.

breeze — full definition

1. noun A light, pleasant wind.
2. noun Something that is very easy to do.
3. verb To move somewhere quickly and confidently, without effort.

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