| 单词 | life's work |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife's work life's work n. = life-work n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > other types of work church worka1225 kirk work1418 fieldwork1441 labour of love1592 life's work1660 shop work1696 outwork1707 private practice1724 tide-work1739 sales-work1775 marshing1815 work in progress1815 life-work1837 relief work1844 sharp practice1847 near work1850 slop-work1861 repetition work1866 side work1875 rework1878 wage-slavery1886 work in progress1890 war work1891 busywork1893 screen work1912 staff-work1923 gig work1927 knowledge work1959 WIP1966 telework1970 playwork1986 laboratory work2002 1660 T. Shepard Parable Ten Virgins vii. 42 Though a soul may live long, and cannot finish its lives work, yet if it finish its dayes work, or hours work. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. i. 15 He was already girding himself for his life's work. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects ix. 249 Any one who is really interested in entomology can now study it with a view to making it his life's work, and the Colonies are employing more and more men trained in Agricultural Entomology. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 195 ‘If you're going to have kids,’ Eric Jonsson added, ‘then you should make them your life's work.’ 2006 M. Pollan Omnivore's Dilemma xvii. 318 The hens will be..starved of food and water and light for several days in order to stimulate a final bout of egg laying before their life's work is done. < as lemmas |
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