work off

英 [wɜːk ɒf]

美 [wɜːrk ɔːf]

（通过消耗体力）宣泄（愤怒），释放（精力），排解（压力）; 用工作偿还（债务）

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (通过消耗体力)宣泄(愤怒)，释放(精力)，排解(压力)
  If youwork offenergy, stress, or anger, you get rid of it by doing something that requires a lot of physical effort.
  1. She went for a brisk walk to work off her frustration...
     她快步走了一会儿，以排解心中的沮丧。
  2. If I've had a bad day I'll work it off by cooking.
     我要是哪天不顺心，就去做饭排解一下。
• PHRASAL VERB 用工作偿还(债务)
  If youwork offa debt, you repay it by working.
  1. The report proposes that students be allowed to work off their debt through community service...
     这份报告建议让学生通过参加社区服务来偿还债务。
  2. There were heavy debts. It would take half Edward's lifetime to work them off.
     爱德华负债累累，他要工作半辈子才能偿清。

英英释义

verb

• cause to go away through effort or work
  1. work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays
  2. we must work off the debt

双语例句

• We ended the work off with a flourish.
  我们圆满地结束了工作。
• At that rate, Tesla will need 22 years to work off its backlog.
  照这个速度，特斯拉公司需要22年才能完成这批订单。
• Maybe I can take some of the work off his hands.
  或许我能替他分担一些工作。
• To finance her education in Britain, her father borrowed from a wealthy cousin, quit his job as managing director of a state-owned telecoms company and moved to another province, with his wife, to work off the debt as an employee of his relative.
  为了资助她去英国留学，她父亲向一个富有的远房亲戚借了钱，放弃了国有电信公司董事总经理的职位，和妻子一起搬去另一个省份，为他的亲戚工作，以偿还债务。
• Break the list into two lists, one which will serve the exterior purpose, and the other which you will keep short and work off of.
  将这样的一个列表分解为两个列表，一个发挥外部的作用，另外一个尽量地保持简短。
• He tried to work off his surplus fat by doing exercises every day.
  他每天运动，想以此去掉一些多余的脂肪。
• Take one common claim: employees claiming that they were required to work off the clock.
  举一类常见的诉讼：员工声称被要求超时工作。
• It might be a good idea to take some of the work off his hands.
  替他分担一些工作，这或许是个好主意。
• The report proposes that students be allowed to work off their debt through community service
  这份报告建议让学生通过参加社区服务来偿还债务。
• They decided to work off the effects of a heavy supper by walking for an hour.
  他们吃了一餐油腻难消化的晚饭，决定散步一小时帮助消化。