动 （从事某种活动） do；名 （作坊） workshop，mill；

[例句] 反堕胎者所作的加强法规的尝试失败了。 An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.

[例句] 他把这起事件向沙特外长作了说明。 He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.

work，job，task，operation，[电影]Work；

[例句] 他是由海军上将精心挑选出来担任这项工作的。 He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.

[例句] 救援人员因风浪太大而被迫中断工作。 The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents.

动 cooperate，collaborate，work together；名 cooperation，joint work ；

[例句] 两家航空公司将在票务和航班安排上展开合作。 The two airlines will cooperate on ticketing and schedules.

[例句] 与福特的密切合作开始令我爱上了电影。 Working with Ford closely, I fell in love with the cinema.

act on，affect，action，function，effect ；

[例句] 首相承诺以色列将发挥积极的作用。 The Prime Minister has promised that Israel will play a constructive role.

[例句] 现在，工作在单身女性的生活中起着重要作用。 These days work plays an important part in a single woman's life.

operate，manipulate，operation，manipulation，handle ；

[例句] 不容置疑的事实是，电脑执行逻辑操作指令。 The indisputable fact is that computers carry out logical operations.

[例句] 安装时最糟糕就是操作指南讲述不够清楚。 The worst part of the set-up is the poor instruction manual.

school assignment，军事活动或生产活动) work，job，task，busywork ；

[例句] 汤姆承认玩电子游戏有时会使他无心做作业。 Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework.

[例句] 南点学院不对学生的作业评分。 South Point College does not grade the students' work.

tilth，tillage，cultivation，farming，cultivate ；

[例句] 他已在此地生活耕作了46年。 He has lived and farmed in the area for 46 years.

[例句] 中国农民在他们自己的土地上耕作。 Chinese peasants farm their own plots.

fight，conduct operations，do battle，show，campaign；

[例句] 7年的战争过后，这些家伙都成了作战行家。 These chaps know their stuff after seven years of war.

[例句] 燧发枪团士兵琼斯奔向作战指挥室寻找他的中尉长官。 Fusilier Jones ran towards the Ops Room to find his lieutenant.

movement，motion，act，start moving，action ；

crop ；

[例句] 将已收获过的黄瓜、西红柿和其他作物的秧蔓割下，制成堆肥。 Cut down and compost spent cucumbers, tomatoes and other crops.

[例句] 去年棉花作物所遭遇的是彻头彻尾的灾难。 Last year's cotton crop was an unmitigated disaster.

fabrication，make，manufacture，do，execution ；

[例句] 俱乐部专门为高尔夫学员制作录像，以纠正他们的错误。 The club specialises in videoing its student golfers to correct their faults.

[例句] 我们问了娱乐圈里的女性有关电影制作的内幕。 We asked women in the biz for their low-down on film-making.

bestir oneself，exert oneself，display vigour，pull oneself together，perk ；

[例句] 很多人都期望他能使该国萎靡的政治体系振作起来。 Many hoped he would renew the country's atrophied political system.

[例句] 你总能使我振作起来。 I can always count on you to cheer me up.

create，produce，creative work，creation，indite ；

[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.

[例句] 在许多方面，安妮塔·卢斯看着都不像是从事剧本创作这一行的。 Anita Loos was in many respects untypical of the screenwriting trade.

cooperate with，cooperation，coordination，combined efforts，club ；

[例句] 这两个组同意相互协作。 The two groups agreed to cooperate with each other.

[例句] 可他能够跟我们现有的球队协作 吗 ? But will he be able to work in with our existing team?

cancel，delete，cancellation，nullify，blank out ；

[例句] 这是一张作废的支票. It's an invalid cheque.

[例句] 这是一张作废的支票。 It's an invalid check.

writing，pen and ink，pencraft，penmanship，compose ；

[例句] 他的辅导教师发现了他在阅读和写作方面进步的迹象。 His remedial teacher sees signs of progress in his reading and writing.

[例句] 他们将集中教授阅读、写作和算术基础知识。 They will concentrate on teaching the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic.

[农] crop rotation，succession of crops，rotate ；

[例句] 为保持土壤肥力,农民搞作物轮作. Farmers rotate their crops so that the soil will remain fertile.

[例句] 农作物轮作有助于防止水土流失. Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.

break out，show effect，have a fit of anger，lose one's temper，outbreak ；

[例句] 牙医可能会决定拔掉那颗牙，以免反复发作。 A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.

[例句] 他死于劳累过度引起的心脏病发作。 He died of a heart attack brought on by overwork.

set oneself against，oppose ；

[例句] 为了故意作对而继续这样做是不对的。 It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.

[例句] 如果你曾经和他作对过，就别想了，你没戏了。 If you ever cross him, forget it, you're finished.

writer，a man of letters，author，composer，pen ；

[例句] 它用讽刺的语言呈现了天主教作家郑重其事表明的观点。 It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.

[例句] 她头脑相当灵光，是个非常棒的作家。 She has a first-class brain and is a damned good writer.