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    workaholic

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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++work·a·hol·ic /ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk $ ˌwɜːrkəˈhɒː-/ noun [countable]  informalWORK HARD someone who chooses to work a lot, so that they do not have time to do anything else 醉心于工作的人，工作狂
    Examples from the Corpus
    workaholic• By 2015, workaholics were considered as socially handicapped as the chronically unemployed.• He had one overriding ambition-to act-and confessed to being a workaholic.• Steve's doing a sixty-hour week at the moment - I never realized he could be such a workaholic.• A self-confessed control freak and workaholic, no-one is allowed in his control room.• Selling is a career that seems to attract workaholics.• They can easily become workaholics, name droppers, gossips and braggarts.• So when a blizzard or a budget standoff sends them home, some federal workaholics resort to extreme measures.• There the young workaholic did everything from sharpening his own saw to delivering the product in a two-wheeled handcart.    From Longman Business Dictionaryworkaholicwork‧a‧hol‧ic /ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪkˌwɜːrkəˈhɒː-/ noun [countable] informal someone who cannot seem to stop working, and does not have time for anything else
    work·a·hol·ic nounChineseSyllable
    who that so lot, to chooses Corpus a someone work Business


    workaholic
    work‧a‧hol‧ic /ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk $ ˌwɜːrkəˈhɒː-/ noun [countable]
     Word Family: noun: work, workaholic, worker, working, WORKINGS; adjective: workable ≠ unworkable, overworked, working; verb: work, rework
    informal someone who chooses to work a lot, so that they do not have time to do anything else


    work·ahol·icBrE /ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌwɜːrkəˈhɔːlɪk/ 🔊, /ˌwɜːrkəˈhɑːlɪk/ 🔊 noun (informal, usually disapproving) a person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things 工作狂；工作迷；醉心于工作的人<titled tranID="24" status="1">factory</titled>plant ◇ mill ◇ works ◇ yard ◇ workshop ◇ foundry

    These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place. 以上各词均指工厂、车间、工场、制造厂。

    • factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made 指工厂、制造厂：◆a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory 巧克力厂；香烟厂；制衣厂
    • plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place 指发电厂、工厂：◆a nuclear power plant 核电厂◆a manufacturing plant 制造厂
    • mill a factory that produces a particular type of material 指（生产特定材料的）工厂、制造厂：◆a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill 棉纺厂；造纸厂；纺织厂；毛纺厂
    • works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place （常构成复合词）指工厂、制造厂：◆a brickworks 砖厂◆a steelworks 炼钢厂◆Raw materials were carried to the works by barge. 原材料由驳船运到工厂。
    • yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building sth （通常构成复合词）指建造某物的区域、场地：◆a shipyard 船坞
    • workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery 指车间、工场、作坊：◆a car repair workshop 汽车修理厂
    • foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects 指铸造厂、玻璃厂：◆an iron foundry 铸铁厂

    Patterns

    • a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
    • an engineering plant/works
    • to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
    • to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
    • factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers