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自動詞

1

（＝労働する）to work; to labour; to toil; to moil; to drudge; to fag; to slave

用例

• 職人が働いている
  The workmen are （working―と言わずして）at work.

• 彼らは朝から晩まで働く
  They work from morning till night―work from dawn till dusk.
• 彼は昼夜を分かたず働く、夜を日に継いで働く
  He works night and day.
• 昼夜兼行で働く
  He works double tides―works double hours.
• 昼寝て夜働く者がある
  Some people sleep by day and work by night.
• 精いっぱい働く
  He works with all his might.
• 一所懸命働く
  He works with might and main.
• 骨身を惜しまず働く
  He is not sparing of himself.
• なかなか働く、よく働く
  He has a capacity for work.
• ドシドシ働く
  He works like steam―works like anything.
• セッセと働け
  Work away!
• 彼らは必死と働く
  They work for their lives―work for dear life.
• 力を入れて働く
  They bend to their work―lie down to their work.
• 彼は忠実に（まめに）働く
  He works like a horse―works like a nigger.
• 殊勝らしく働く、かいがいしく働く
  He works like a good one―works like a brick.
• 汗水流して働く甲斐も無く
  He toils and moils in vain.
• コツコツ働く、真黒くなって働く
  He hammers away at his work―pegs away at his work―plods away at his work―grubs away at his work.
• 身を粉にして働く
  He fags himself to death―drudges himself to death―slaves himself to death.
• 肌脱ぎになって働く
  He works stript to the waist.
• 熱心に働く
  He works with a will
  He puts his heart into his work.
• あくせく働く
  He drudges it―fags it―slaves it.
• あくせく働く人だ
  He is a drudge―a hack―a hackney.
• 死ぬまだ働く
  to die in harness
• 適度に働く
  to work in moderation
• 彼は薄給を貰って働いている
  He works for a mere pittance.
• 公益のために働く
  to labour for the public good
• 僕は義務として働く
  I work as a matter of duty.
• 必要に迫って働く
  to work under the pressure of necessity
• 必要に迫らなければ働かぬ
  They do not work unless they are pressed by necessity.
• 以前に倍して働く
  to redouble one's efforts
• 働いた甲斐が無かった
  I laboured in vain.
• 働いた甲斐があった
  My labours are crowned with success.
• 僕は働くには朝が好い
  I do my best work in the morning.
• 働いて銭を取る
  to work for money―earn money―turn an honest penny
• 働いて飯を食う
  to work for one's living―work for one's bread―earn one's bread
• 働いて飯を食うのを恥じることはない
  One need not be ashamed of working for one's bread
  It is honourable to work for one's brad.
• 働かないで飯が食えるようになる
  to be raised about the necessity of labour
• 彼は働かないでも飯が食える
  He is above the necessity of working.
• 彼は金があるから働かないでも飯が食える
  His wealth raises him above the necessity of labour.
• 彼は働くのが道楽だ
  He loves labour for its own sake―labours for labour's sake.
• 働く味を知らぬ者は遊び味を知らぬ
  He who knows not what it is to labour, knows not what it is to enjoy.
• 働いて疲れる
  to work oneself weary
• 働いて腹をへらす
  to work oneself hungry
• あまり働いて病気になる
  to work oneself ill
• 君は若いから働ける
  You are young, so you can work―（他動詞構文にすれば）―Your youth enables you to work.
• 彼は年をとって働けぬ
  He is old, so he can not work―He is too old to work―He is past work―（他動詞構文にすれば）―His old age disables him from working―prevents him from working.
• 日本人はとかく働き過ぎる
  Japanese are apt to work too hard―overwork themselves.
• 部下の者がよく働いてくれる、働いてくれぬ
  I am well served―ill served.

2

（＝どんな働きぶりをする）to behave （how?）; to act （how?）

用例

• 兵は弾丸の雨下する下に立ってあたかも演習におけるが如く冷静沈着に働いた
  The men behaved under fire as coolly as if they were on parade.

• 勝手に働け
  Act as you thing fit
  Act at your discretion.

3

（＝商人が安く売る）to sell cheap; to reduce the price

• なるべく働きますからどうぞお買いなすって
  We will try to sell as cheap as we can, so you will give us your custom.

4

（＝動詞が活用される）（a verb） is conjugated

他動詞

1

（＝行う）to do （evil）; to act （the coward）; to commit （a crime）; to perpetrate （a crime）; to practise （fraud, etc.）

用例

• 悪事を働く
  to do evil―commit a crime―perpetrate a crime

• 彼は悪事を働いて牢へ入ったことがある
  He was once caught tripping, and deservedly dealt with.
• 不正を働く
  to do something dishonest―practise fraud
• 不埒を働く
  to do wrong
• 強盗を働く
  to commit robbery
• 窃盗を働く
  to commit theft
• 乱暴を働く
  to do an act of violence―commit an outrage
• ひきょうを働く
  to act the coward―shirk one's duty―desert one's post
• ひきょうを働くな
  Do not desert your post!
  Do not give up your ship!
• 晴の場でひきょうは働けぬ
  One can not act the coward before a cloud of witnesses.
• 二人は不義を働いて暇を出された
  They were dismissed for having an improper connection.

2

（＝作用がある）（acids） act upon （metals）; （a book） works upon （one's mind）; （medicine） operates upon （the affected part）