working

1. ADJ Working people have jobs that they are paid to do. 有工作的[ADJ n]

Like working women anywhere, Asian women are buying convenience foods. 像其他地方的职业妇女一样，亚洲的妇女们在购买方便食品。

2. ADJ Working people are ordinary people who do not have professional or very highly paid jobs. 从事普通工作的[ADJ n]

The needs and opinions of ordinary working people were ignored. 那些从事一般工作的普通人的需求和观点被忽视了。

3. ADJ Your working life is the period of your life in which you have a job or are of a suitable age to have a job. 工作的[ADJ n]

He started his working life as a truck driver. 他开始工作时是一名卡车司机。

4. ADJ The working population of an area consists of all the people in that area who have a job or who are of a suitable age to have a job. 有工作的; 达到工作年龄的[ADJ n]

Almost 13 percent of the working population is already unemployed. 几乎13％的劳动人口已经失业。

5. ADJ Working conditions or practices are ones that you have in your job. 工作的 (条件等)[ADJ n]

The strikers are demanding higher pay and better working conditions. 这些罢工者正在要求更高的工资和更好的工作条件。

6. ADJ A working farm or business exists to do normal work and make a profit, and not only for tourists or as someone's hobby. 经营性的; 赢利性的[ADJ n]

...a holiday spent on a working farm. …在一家赢利性农场度过的一个假期。

7. ADJ The working parts of a machine are the parts that move and operate the machine, in contrast to the outer case or container in which they are enclosed. 运行的 (机器零部件)[ADJ n]

The reel comes complete with a set of spares for all the working parts. 那个卷轴配有一套所有运行部件的备用件。

8. ADJ A working knowledge or majority is not very great, but is enough to be useful. 基本的 (知识)[ADJ n]

This book was designed in order to provide a working knowledge of finance and accounts. 本书是为提供金融和会计的基本知识而编写的。

9. N-PLURAL The workings of a piece of equipment, an organization, or a system are the ways in which it operates and the processes which are involved in it. 运行方式

Neural networks are computer systems which mimic the workings of the brain. 神经网络是模仿大脑运行的计算机系统。

10. in working order→see order