work your socks off 拼命干活_口语学习技巧

work your socks off 拼命干活

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非正式表达 work your socks off¹ “拼命地干活，连袜子都掉了”被用来形容为达成目标而十分勤奋、努力地做某事。

例句

I worked my socks off at university² and graduated³ with a great degree⁴.

If you want to progress⁵ in this company⁶ you'll have to work your socks off.

She earns⁷ a lot of money, but I know she really work her socks off.

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另一个相似的短语 work it off 或 work off 通常指通过锻炼来消耗掉吃下的食物转化成的热量。

例句

When I've eaten too much, I usually try to work it off by going⁸ for a long run.

I can't believe⁹ I've just eaten two chocolate bars¹⁰. That's going to take about an hour on the exercise bike to work off.

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1 off
adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外
参考例句：
You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。 I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

2 university
n.大学
参考例句：
She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。 I'm going to enter a university.我要上大学。

3 graduated
a.(税)累进的；分等级的；刻度的；毕业的
参考例句：
He graduated cum laude. 他以优等成绩毕业。 He graduated with a GPA of 3.8. 他毕业时各科成绩的平均积分点为3.8。

4 degree
n.学位，等级，程度，度数
参考例句：
I got my degree last year.我去年获得学位了。 Do you know the degree of the round angle?你知道周角的度数吗？

5 progress
n.进步，发展，前进；v.促进，进步，进行
参考例句：
Study well and make progress every day.好好学习，天天向上。 He is very pleased with the progress we are making.他对我们工作的进展很满意。

6 company
n.公司
参考例句：
Is this your company?这是你的公司吗？ Which company was that?那是哪家公司？

7 earns
v.赚得( earn的第三人称单数 )；挣钱；生（利）；获（利）
参考例句：
The singer earns a colossal amount of money. 那歌手现在可赚大钱了。 She earns more since she repackaged herself as a business consultant. 自从把自己重新包装成商业顾问以来，她的收入增加了。

8 going
n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的
参考例句：
We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。 He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

9 believe
v.相信；认为
参考例句：
Believe it or not,that's the way it is.信不信由你，反正事情就是这样。 I believe what you say.我相信你的话。

10 bars
n.马上的齿龈；酒吧间( bar的名词复数 )；售酒的（饮食）柜台；条；（门、窗等的）闩vi.
参考例句：
The hotel is ideally placed for restaurants, bars and clubs. 这家宾馆地处的位置适宜经营餐厅、酒吧和俱乐部。来自《简明英汉词典》 The prisoner had filed through the steel bars and escaped. 那囚犯锉断钢条逃跑了。来自《简明英汉词典》