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underwork

/uhn-der-wurk/US // ˌʌn dərˈwɜrk //

工作不足,工作不充分,工作不力,工作不够

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    un·der·worked, un·der·work·ing.

    • : to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
    • : to employ inadequately: He underworks his mind and overworks his feet.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    un·der·worked, un·der·work·ing.

    • : to do less work than is normal or proper: He is fat because he underworks and overeats.

Examples

  • In sprig H the underwork consists of stitching in soft cotton, over which thick silk is embroidered in bullion-stitch.

  • But while Marx thus objects to piecework because it leads to overwork, he objects to it also because it leads to underwork.

  • You have brought owned labor with it, to compete with your own labor, to underwork you, and to degrade you!

  • The pinnacles and upper set-off of the two centre buttresses in the figure were added by Wykeham to Edingdon's underwork.

  • With finely turned legs and stretcher and scalloped underwork.