很内向，在工位不敢工作，用英语怎么说？可不是work-shy哦！

work-shy

disliking work and trying to avoid it when possible

不愿工作的；懒惰的

shy除了表示“害羞的，腼腆的”，还可以表示“不足的，缺乏的”。

作动词时有“回避，避开”的意思，work-shy，逃避工作，表示“不愿工作的；懒惰的”。

关于work还有哪些容易产生歧义的表达，请看下面：

make-work

unimportant work given to someone to keep that person busy

没有价值的工作

源于动词表达式to make work，去安排或组织一项工作，而这项工作通常是不关键、不重要的，只是让某些人有工作可做。

例句：

In some departments there is too much make-work.

有些部门的无聊琐事太多。



thirsty work

hard physical work that makes you thirsty

（使人口渴的）重体力活

我们都知道thirsty是口渴的意思，什么样的工作会经常让人感到口渴呢？肯定是出汗多，需要付出重体力的工作。（其实我们老师上课时也需要及时补水）



例句：

Chopping wood is thirsty work.

锯木头是重体力活儿。

busywork

work that you are given or give yourself mainly so that you have something to do, rather than because it is really necessary

消磨时间的工作；累人而无价值的工作;外加作业(使学生不致空闲而故意外加的作业)



例句:

You can keep doing the busywork. Or you can do more Great Work.

你可以继续消磨时间，你也可以选择做更多很棒的工作。

"I'm busier because I have a direction," Mr. Gray said."It's purposeful busywork."

“我忙是因为我有目标，"格雷先生说，"这是种有目的的无用功。

work like a charm

to be very effective, possibly in a surprising way

药到病除

这里的charm表示“魔力”“咒语”，work like a charm原本的意思是“事情进展太顺利了，简直像施了咒语一样”。

例句:

Flattery usually works like a charm on him.

奉承通常对他来说特别有用。

The user experience is clean and simple, and the reminders by email, phone or SMS work like a charm.

它提供的用户体验清新而简洁，它的邮件，电话和短信提醒功能十分奏效。

do the donkey work

to do the hard, boring part of a job

干苦活

国外的驴子也并没有因为换了地域就更加幸福，在英国，任劳任怨的驴子是拖运重物的主力，donkey work表示“艰苦单调而又无趣的工作”，do the donkey work 就指“干苦活”。

例句:

Why do I always have to do the donkey work？

为什么总是我来做累活?

I don't know anything about gardening, but I could do the donkey work for you if want to make a rockery.

我对园艺一窍不通，但是你要建假山的话，我还是可以为你干些体力活的。

all in a day's work

If something difficult, unpleasant, or strange is all in a day's work for someone, it is a usual part of their job

司空见惯；天天如此(多指困难或麻烦)

资料显示，这个短语起源于19世纪的远洋航行。水手们必须利用太阳和月亮来导航来保持航向。对其他人来说，这似乎是一项奇怪而艰巨的任务，但对水手们来说，这只是他们日常工作的一部分。这可能就是all in a day's work被用来描述困难或麻烦的任务的原因。

例句:

For war reporters,dodging snipers' bullets is all in a day's work.

对于战地记者来说，躲避狙击手的子弹是家常便饭。

Coping with the paparazzi at any time is all in a day's work for the celebrity.

对于明星来说，随时应对狗仔队已经成为家常便饭。



work until you drop

to work until you are so tired that you cannot work anymore

工作到筋疲力尽为止

drop作动词，有“躺倒”的意思，干到直接“躺倒”说明工作真的很累很累。

例句:

They make you work until you drop dead.

他们让你一直工作，直到倒地死掉。

have your work cut out

to have something very difficult to do

面临艰巨的任务

大约400多年前，大量英国民众涌入工厂当缝纫工，当工头儿给工人们分配任务的时候，会说一句“have your work cut out”，表示“开始工作”，后来这句短语衍生出了"任务很艰巨”的含义。

例句:

You'll have your work cut out to get there by nine o'clock.

你九点钟前赶到那里可不容易。

She'll really have her work cut out to finish all those reports by the end of the week.要在周末之前完成所有报告，她的工作可真够艰巨的。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

said to warn someone that they will not be an interesting person by working all the time

只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻。

这句话最初出现在英国作家贺维尔出版的《谚语》一书，该书被翻译成意大利语、法语、西班牙语等，这句话很快在欧洲大陆流行开来。有作家给这句谚语后面又力了-句 "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

例句:

You always work too hard, Jim. As the saying goes, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. You should spare some time for a rest.

吉姆，你总是那么用功。俗话说:只工作不娱乐，聪明孩子也变傻。你应该留点时间休息一下。

a nasty piece of work

a very unpleasant person

一个令人讨厌的人

20世纪初，英国人用“a nasty piece of work”或“a piece of real work” 指难以相处的人。这个短语也可以直接简化成“a piece of work”来指讨厌的人。

例句:

He is obviously a nasty piece of work and, like many bullies, not without charm.

他显然是一个讨厌的家伙，像许多恶霸一样，并非没有魅力。

In his interview with Boris Johnson, Mair called the mayor a "nasty piece of work" and questioned him about making up quotes and lying about an affair.

在采访鲍里斯·约翰逊时，梅尔称市长是一个“讨厌的家伙”，并质疑他编造语录和在婚外情上撒谎。

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