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

• 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。
• A stored procedure, like any other application, needs to work off of a Connection context.
  与其他任何应用程序一样，存储过程需要一个Connectioncontext。
• 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。
• A broader set of policies could help to work off the hangover faster.
  一套更广泛的政策可以更快地帮助解决这种头重脚轻的局面。
• To work off their excess inventories, they slash production;
  为了消化过剩的库存，他们削减产量；
• I need to work off some aggression. please!
  弄得再具挑战性一点，求你啦！
• 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。
• Let's get the work off hand today.
  咱们今天把这项工作干完。
• 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。
• 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。