| 单词 | life-work |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife-work life-work n. [compare German Lebenswerk (early 19th cent.); compare life's work n. at Compounds 4b] the work of a lifetime; the work which is the object or activity of a person's whole life, a career. 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 1837 Brighton Patriot 10 Jan. 2/6 Weber gave the world his Der Freischutz, his real life-work, and expired. 1845 S. Judd Margaret iii. 454 To perfect ourselves, our institutions, our Town, is a life-work. 1879 M. Pattison Milton xiii. 167 In 1638..Milton has already determined that this lifework shall be a poem, an epic poem. 1933 Amer. Mercury May 60/1 He had a feeling that fruit-selling was not his life work. 1982 A. Tyler Dinner at Homesick Restaurant iii. 75 It's not a lifework, restaurants. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Apr. 42/1 McGinley..has made his lifework out of trying to bring swinging out of the realms of perceived deviance and into the mainstream. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。