Work out
解决；算出；锻炼
Irene works out three times a week.
艾琳每周锻炼三次。
He has to work out the total cost before he buys the car.
他必须在买车之前算出总费用。
Don’t worry. He will work all the problems.
别担心。他将解决所有的问题。
Work up
激发；鼓动
She worked up an appetite by doing housework all morning.
她整个上午都做家务来增加食欲。
He worked himself up to go skydiving.
他鼓起勇气去跳伞。
Work towards
争取，努力达到，努力完成
They are working towards an important contract.
他们正在努力争取一份重要的合同。
Work through
干完；完成
He decided to work through the problem himself.
他决定自己解决这个问题。
Work over
研究；重做
His novel has been worked over for television.
他的小说被改编成电视作品。
To write the report, he worked over those books.
为了写报告，他仔细研究了那些书。
Work against
对…不利；违背
The victim’s testimonies worked against him.
受害人的证词对他不利。
His age works against him looking for a job.
他的年龄不利于他找工作。
Work at
从事于...；致力于...
My friend is working at losing weight.
我的朋友正在努力减肥。
Learning English well isn’t that easy. We have to work at it.
学好英语不是那么容易。我们必须努力。
Work away
不停地继续工作，继续干
I have been working away for four hours in the cubicle.
我已经在小隔间里连读工作了四个小时。
Work in
进入；插进
My English teacher often works a few jokes in her class.
我的英语老师经常在课堂上讲几个笑话。
Work off
发泄；以干活抵押(债务)
I worked off my anger by doing housework.
我通过做家务来平息我的愤怒。
It took him three years to work off the bank loan.
他干了三年的活才把银行贷款还清。
Work on
影响，对…起作用；设法说服
He has been working on improving his oral English.
他一直在努力提高他的英语口语。
The medicine doesn’t work on him.
这种药对他不起作用。
In order to make this client buy the products, the salesperson has to work on her.
为了让这个客户购买这些产品，销售人员得设法说服她。