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wrought

/ɹɔːt/ /ɹɔt/

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verb

制造，打造。

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Examples :

"He’s working in a bar."

他现在在酒吧打工。

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verb

逐步完成，逐渐实现

To effect by gradual degrees.

Examples :

"he worked his way through the crowd"

他一点一点地挤过了人群。

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verb

刺绣, 绣制

To embroider with thread.

Examples :

"The student carefully wrought intricate designs onto the fabric for her art project. "

为了她的艺术项目，那个学生小心地在布料上绣制了错综复杂的设计。

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verb

促成，造成.

To set into action.

Examples :

"He worked the levers."

他扳动杠杆，促成了机关的运转。

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verb

发酵，酿造。

To cause to ferment.

Examples :

"The baker wrought the dough, hoping it would rise well for the bread. "

烘焙师使面团发酵，希望它能很好地膨胀起来，做出美味的面包。

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verb

发酵，酿造。

Examples :

"The brewer carefully monitored the mash as the yeast wrought the sugars into alcohol. "

酿酒师小心地监控着麦芽浆，因为酵母正在将糖分发酵成酒精。

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verb

使疲惫，劳累。

To exhaust, by working.

Examples :

"The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted."

这座矿被开采得筋疲力尽，直到最后一丝矿石都被挖出来了。

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verb

打造，制作，改进。

To shape, form, or improve a material.

Examples :

"He used pliers to work the wire into shape."

他用钳子把铁丝扳成想要的形状。

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verb

经营，运作。

To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

Examples :

"she works the night clubs"

她经营夜总会。

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verb

操作，运作。

To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

Examples :

"The receptionist wrought the phones all morning, handling calls from parents about their children's school events. "

接待员整个上午都在操作电话，处理家长们关于孩子学校活动的来电。

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verb

引起，激起，导致。

To provoke or excite; to influence.

Examples :

"The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy."

那位摇滚音乐人用他的音乐激起了年轻女孩们的热情，使她们陷入了狂热。

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verb

利用，操控

To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

Examples :

"She knows how to work the system."

她懂得如何利用这个系统为自己谋利。

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verb

造成，导致.

To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Examples :

"I cannot work a miracle."

我无法创造奇迹。

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verb

使工作，促成。

To cause to work.

Examples :

"He is working his servants hard."

他正在狠命地使唤他的仆人干活。

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verb

奏效，生效，起作用

To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

Examples :

"he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work"

他指着汽车问：“这车能开吗？”; 他看着那瓶止痛药，想知道这些药会不会奏效; 我的计划没起作用。

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verb

影响，作用，造成。

Examples :

"They worked on her to join the group."

他们努力说服她加入这个团体。

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verb

使逐渐产生，造成.

To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

Examples :

"The constant dripping of water slowly wrought a hollow in the stone. "

持续不断的水滴慢慢地把石头滴出了一个凹陷.

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verb

激动，烦躁不安。

To move in an agitated manner.

Examples :

"A ship works in a heavy sea."

一艘船在狂风巨浪中颠簸不止，显得十分躁动不安。

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verb

锻造，制作

To behave in a certain way when handled

Examples :

"this dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well"

这面团不好揉搓；这种软金属很好加工。

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verb

使...感受到...，造成...，施加...于...

(with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

Examples :

"Her boss's criticism wrought a feeling of frustration in her. "

老板的批评让她感到沮丧。

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verb

使疼痛，折磨。

To hurt; to ache.

Examples :

"The long walk home from school wrought my tired feet. "

放学后走那么长的路回家，让我的脚累得生疼。

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verb

造成，酿成，导致。

To cause something harmful; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injury; to let out something harmful; .

Examples :

"She wreaked her anger on his car."

她把怒气发泄在他的车上，导致车子遭殃。

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verb

惩罚，磨炼，打造.

To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.

Examples :

"The criminal has been wreaked by the Judge to spend a year in prison."

法官判处罪犯一年监禁，以此惩罚他。

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verb

报复，施加报复。

To inflict or take vengeance on.

Examples :

"Driven by years of bullying, he finally wrought revenge on his tormentor by exposing his cheating in the school election. "

由于多年的欺凌，他终于向折磨他的人报复，揭露了他在学校选举中的作弊行为。

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报复，复仇

To take vengeance for.

Examples :

"The student felt wronged by the teacher's harsh grading, and so she wrought revenge by spreading false rumors. "

那个学生觉得老师的评分过于严苛，心里委屈，于是她散布谣言来报复。

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adjective

制成的，做成的。

Having been worked or prepared somehow.

Examples :

"Is that fence made out of wrought iron?"

那道栅栏是用熟铁做的吗？

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