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outwork

/verb out-wurk; noun out-wurk/US // verb ˌaʊtˈwɜrk; noun ˈaʊtˌwɜrk //

工作,工作上的问题,工作上的困难,工作的时候

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    out·worked or out·wrought, out·work·ing.

    • : to work harder, better, or faster than.
    • : to work out or carry on to a conclusion; finish: a problem to be outworked in after generations.
    • : Archaic. to outdo in workmanship.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a minor defense built or established outside the principal fortification limits.

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Examples

  • But he was a whirling dervish of energy and could outwork his critics.

  • The first to mount a breach, to effect a lodgment in an outwork, to enter a newly discovered mine, was sure to perish.

  • Saint Jean d'Angely, on the Boutonne, was the only remaining outwork, whose capture must precede an attack on the citadel itself.

  • The boulevard of the Tournelles on the other hand is modern, an outwork formed expressly for the use of cannon.

  • Beyond this outwork two arches of the bridge were cut and replaced by a movable platform.

  • Then the troops dashed forward, and forced their way into the outwork.