affected，artificial，affectation，airs and graces，overdo ；

[例句] 她举止做作，神情倨傲。 She had an affected air and a disdainful look.

[例句] 她抨击同事“言辞浮夸做作”。 She attacked her colleagues for indulging in "grandiose and grandiloquent language".

masterpiece，masterwork，classic ；

[例句] 作为一部小说，《一九八四》很难被列为杰作。 As a novel, Nineteen Eighty-four hardly ranks with the greats.

[例句] 这种长途汽车是体现德国工程设计水平的杰作。 The coach was a masterpiece of Teutonic engineering.

conduct，deed，accomplish，do sth. worthwhile，by way of ；

[例句] 《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。 The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.

[例句] 他靠每周领取的作为病残养老金的直接转账救济支票过日子。 He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.

testify，give evidence，bear witness，attest，bear witness to ；

[例句] 除非撤销对她的谋杀指控，否则她拒绝作证。 She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped.

[例句] 机舱人员一直在为M1空难调查作证。 Cabin crew have been giving evidence at the M1 aircrash enquiry.

（做作客套） behave affectedly，falsify，counterfeit，cheat，gammon ；

[例句] 他因为在纳税申报表上作假而被定罪。 He was convicted of filing false income tax returns.

[例句] 小娃娃一片赤诚不会作假,用尽力气挣扎反抗. The baby was the soul of honour , and protested with all its might.

works，opus，writing，production；

[例句] 人们想仔细分析他的作品，并对他的动机提出质疑。 People want to dissect his work and question his motives.

[例句] 他的经典作品和最新创作都很独特。 Featured are both his classics and his latest creations.

write music，compose，melodize，write ；

[例句] 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲 music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart

[例句] 她不仅很会演奏, 而且还会作曲. She not only plays well, but also writes music.

style，style of work，way ；

[例句] 你须得忍受格蕾丝心不在焉的作风。 You will have to put up with Grace's absent-mindedness.

[例句] 他们已经分解了该公司的权力，以抑制其官僚作风。 They have decentralised the company and made it less bureaucratic.

feel like vomiting，feel sick，disgusting，loathsome，gag ；

[例句] 赫尔·施密特无疑是我见过的最让人作呕的人。 Herr Schmidt is certainly the most odious man I have ever met.

[例句] 如果患者进食欠佳，药物会让他们感觉作呕。 If the patient is poorly nourished, the drugs make them feel nauseous.

author，writer，penster，scribe ；

[例句] 他划掉了“编剧”二字，改为“作者”。 He crossed out "Screenplay" and put "Written by" instead.

[例句] 作者们不了解出版界的实际情况，这是人所共知的。 Authors are famously ignorant about the realities of publishing.

work，book，writings，opus，bookmaking ；

[例句] 我的目标是出版一本关于彼得·莫恩的学术著作。 My object was to publish a scholarly work on Peter Mourne.

[例句] 伦道夫的著作专门论述污染对健康的影响。 Randolph's work was exclusively concerned with the effects of pollution on health.

（制造） make，manufacture；

[例句] “我们没那么造作，也没那么夸张。”——“见仁见智喽。” "We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical." — "That's a matter of opinion."

[例句] 里克在(议事)会议室里走来走去地炫耀着他的造作的领带. Nick walked in the boardroom sporting an obnoxious necktie.

practise fraud，cheat，indulge in corrupt practices ；

[例句] 5,000多名中学生因为作弊被开除。 More than five-thousand secondary school students have been expelled for cheating.

[例句] 我们认为作弊是违反规定的。 We thought cheating was against the rules.

plotting，[数] construction，plot，construct ；

[例句] 这种作图法常被称为矢量相加的平行四边形法则. This construction is often called the parallelogram law of addition of vectors.

[例句] 赤平极射投影还要有其他的作图方法加以补充. The stereographic projection must be supplemented by other constructions.

[书] sojourn ；

[例句] 他正在城里汤姆家作客. He's stopping at Tom's in town.

[例句] 我喜欢邀请朋友到家作客,并使他们受到家里人的热烈欢迎. I like to bring my friends home to a warm welcome from my family.

make merry，enjoy oneself，have a good time；

[例句] 他的观众主要是橄榄球俱乐部里那些纵酒作乐的人。 His audience consists predominantly of groups of rugby-club revellers.

[例句] 饮酒作乐 to go on a bender

[农] intercropping，interplant，intercrop ；

[例句] 果园间作小浆果. These orchards were interplanted with soft fruits.

[例句] 它开始在群星之间作或许是永不停止的遨游. It will begin what may be an eternity of wandering among the stars.

drop，relinquish，give up，forgo，relinquishment ；

[例句] 缓期不等于作罢. Forbearance is no acquittance.

[例句] 既然开始下雨了, 我去散步的念头只好作罢. Now it's started raining ; so much for my idea of taking a walk.

workshop ；

[例句] 珠宝商在他的店铺后面有一间作坊。 The jeweller has a workroom at the back of his shop.

[例句] 一九五七年,这个作坊改成了工厂. In 1957 the shop was turned into a factory.

a fine piece of writing，an excellent work，masterpieces ；

[例句] 你构思很好，可用来写一本佳作。 You've a very good idea there. It will make a good book.

[例句] 晚期作品是这位作曲家的佳作. The later works are the composer's best.