| 单词 | relief work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelief work relief work n. (a) work provided by the authorities or state for occupying and paying the unemployed; (also) a project providing this; (b) charitable work intended to bring relief to those affected by poverty, famine, drought, etc. 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 1844 Times 24 June 6/2 The surveyor of the roads..offering to able-bodied applicants for relief work on the roads at the full current rate of wages. 1879 Good Words 20 495/2 There is another young engineer superintending his dam, a relief work about two miles long. 1921 Z. Grey Call of Canyon (1924) i. 6 Carley had gone in for Red Cross and relief work with more of sincerity than most of her set. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 4 Sept. 7/4 Workers who have lost their jobs..are required to enter retraining programs... If thereafter they still cannot find a job, they are assigned to publicly financed relief work. 2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 24 July ii. 7/2 In an organized fashion that has evolved over years of relief work, aid workers distribute food to the thousands..of internally displaced populations. < as lemmas |
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