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单词 nice work!
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nice work!
f. Of a (finished) action, task, etc.: well-executed; commendably performed or accomplished. Now frequently in interjections, as nice going!, nice try!, nice work!. Also used ironically or sarcastically.
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1850 Amer. Whig Rev. May 508 Haven't I made a reg'lar nice job of it? This is Carlo, sure as preachin'!
1897 B. Stoker Dracula viii. 92 The New Woman..will do the proposing herself. And a nice job she will make of it, too!
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn iv. 57Nice work,’ Satan interjected from time to time, with smooth irony. ‘Sure. Go ahead. Like to hear your plans.’
1938 Sun (Baltimore) 20 June 8/2 Ruth said, ‘Nice going, kid,’ and that simple compliment pleased the young Cincinnati pitcher more than all of the other praises he received.
1971 R. Rendell One Across v. 48 She's made a nice job of my hair, hasn't she? I wouldn't want Ethel to think I'd let myself go.
1992 Economist 2 May 32/2 The employment department has set up a project to provide 61,000 training places. Nice try—except that there are currently 1.3m long-term unemployed.
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