英语词汇“to make quick work of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) With qualifying adjective, as to make good (also quick, sure, etc.) work: to carry out an action or task, or deal with a person or thing, in the manner specified or implied by the adjective. Usually with of, (now rarely) with. Now chiefly in to make quick work of. See also to make short work of at short adj. 5c, to make smooth work of at smooth adj. 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) > deal with (a matter) > specific manner

to make good (also quick, sure, etc.) workc1330

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > conduct affairs > deal with a matter > competently

wielda1500

to make good (also quick, sure, etc.) worka1616

manage1762

cope with1934

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 4489 Þei..made of hem so clene werk, Þat þai neuer spek wiþ prest ne clerk.

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. v. f. cxcv^v Because the questyon ys yet double and captyouse, I purpose to make sure worke & answere, that I can not tel.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 265 Hauing made sure worke with one, she [sc. the spider] hyeth her to the Center of her Web, obseruing..whether any newe prey will come.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vi. 99 You haue made good worke, You and your Apron men.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vi. 105 You haue made faire worke .

1707 M. Henry Expos. Five Bks. Moses (Gen. xxxviii. 7) sig. S2^v/2 Sometimes God makes quick Work with sinners.

1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 266 Seeing what strange work Lord Shaftsbury has made with this passage in his..translation of it.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 225 Wild wark they made of it; for the Whigs were as dour as the Cavaliers were fierce.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn III. viii. 135 The Doctor, on his..mare, was making good work of it across the plains.

1865 H. Mayhew Shops & Companies of London 199/1 I can always make quick work of my washing by using ‘Harper Twelvetrees' Glycerine Soap-Powder’.

1935 Pop. Mech. Nov. (Advertising section) 157 a/2 A husky, he-man tool that will make quick work of so many tough jobs you'll wonder how you ever got along without it.

1981 Cook's Mag. Jan. 43/3 The thin, guitar-like wires make quick work of a stick of butter.

2011 G. J. Ikenberry Liberal Leviathan p. xv When he confronts Valance he is slapped down, and the gang prepares to make quick work of him.

单词	to make quick work of
释义	> as lemmas to make quick work of (a) With qualifying adjective, as to make good (also quick, sure, etc.) work: to carry out an action or task, or deal with a person or thing, in the manner specified or implied by the adjective. Usually with of, (now rarely) with. Now chiefly in to make quick work of. See also to make short work of at short adj. 5c, to make smooth work of at smooth adj. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) > deal with (a matter) > specific manner to make good (also quick, sure, etc.) workc1330 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > conduct affairs > deal with a matter > competently wielda1500 to make good (also quick, sure, etc.) worka1616 manage1762 cope with1934 c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 4489 Þei..made of hem so clene werk, Þat þai neuer spek wiþ prest ne clerk. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. v. f. cxcv^v Because the questyon ys yet double and captyouse, I purpose to make sure worke & answere, that I can not tel. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 265 Hauing made sure worke with one, she [sc. the spider] hyeth her to the Center of her Web, obseruing..whether any newe prey will come. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vi. 99 You haue made good worke, You and your Apron men. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vi. 105 You haue made faire worke . View more context for this quotation 1707 M. Henry Expos. Five Bks. Moses (Gen. xxxviii. 7) sig. S2^v/2 Sometimes God makes quick Work with sinners. 1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 266 Seeing what strange work Lord Shaftsbury has made with this passage in his..translation of it. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 225 Wild wark they made of it; for the Whigs were as dour as the Cavaliers were fierce. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn III. viii. 135 The Doctor, on his..mare, was making good work of it across the plains. 1865 H. Mayhew Shops & Companies of London 199/1 I can always make quick work of my washing by using ‘Harper Twelvetrees' Glycerine Soap-Powder’. 1935 Pop. Mech. Nov. (Advertising section) 157 a/2 A husky, he-man tool that will make quick work of so many tough jobs you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. 1981 Cook's Mag. Jan. 43/3 The thin, guitar-like wires make quick work of a stick of butter. 2011 G. J. Ikenberry Liberal Leviathan p. xv When he confronts Valance he is slapped down, and the gang prepares to make quick work of him. extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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