单词 | in work |
释义 | > as lemmasin work (a) in work. extracted from workn.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [adverb] in worka1382 at work?1440 in (also into, out of) employ1659 to work1776 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) Judges xvi. 11 If I [sc. Samson] were bowndyn wiþ newe cordys þe whiche weryn not ȝit in werk [L. novis], I schal ben feble. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. x. E Daye and night were they in worke withall. 1568 Abp. M. Parker Let. 4 July in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 328 I am content to set some of my men in work. c1610 in G. C. Bond Early Hist. Mining (1924) 15 It is mutche wished..that suche an ingein may be seene in worcke. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 127 Most commonly there are 12 or 14 Colerys in work, and twice as many out of work, within 10 miles round. 1777 C. Carroll Let. 12 Aug. in B. Franklin Papers (1984) XXIV. 420 When our plating mills get in full work, it will be better to make the pans of plate iron. (ii) In regular employment. Also with qualifying adjective, as full-time, part-time, etc. Cf. out of work adv., in-work adj. at in- prefix1 2.Occasionally also as noun, denoting a person who is in regular employment: cf. quot. 1924. ΚΠ 1519 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell sig. F.iiv If any..seruaunt woman seruaunt or child seruaunt beforesayd nat reteyned in worke refuse to serue then he to be commytted to warde by the constable. 1599 S. Harsnett Discov. Fraudulent Pract. I. Darrel xi. 59 The trades-men in that skil [sc. casting out devils], haue deuised many wayes to keepe themselues in worke. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved i. 5 The labouring man,..who may be were he not maintained in work would cost as much as to be maintained idly. 1738 J. Munn Observ. Brit. Wool 28 This makes them that have a good Place of Work, take all the care imaginable to please their Masters, that they may keep in Work. 1842 W. C. Taylor Notes Tour Manufacturing Districts Lancs. iii. 39 When in good work the united earnings of both averaged about 30s. weekly. 1897 Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 5/4 It was remarked that the Select Committee..never consulted any person who was not in full work. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. xii The out-of-works and the in-works. 1953 Soviet Stud. 4 237 Both the parents are in full-time work and the three children are at school. 1971 Daily Tel. 16 June 3/3 Men are prevented from drawing more in State benefits than they had earned while in work. 2007 P. Hughes et al. Building Stronger Communities ii. 40 15 per cent of those who had casual work had no one to whom they could turn for personal support compared with 8 per cent of those people in part-time work. < as lemmas |
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