英语词汇“in the works”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(c) Originally U.S. in the works: in preparation; under way. Cf. sense 21, in the pipeline at pipeline n. 2b.

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the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > in progress [phrase]

in handc1405

in expeditiona1616

on (also upon) the anvil1645

on the wheel1677

in progress1849

in the works1870

in process1906

in the pipeline1945

1870 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 17 May Several matters of great interest are ‘in the works’, and will receive due attention both from members of the lobby and members of the legislature.

1935 N. J. Ware Labor in Mod. Industr. Society x. 216 Why, if the revolution was ‘in the works’, to put it crudely, should Marx bother to write the Communist Manifesto?

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 16 Oct. 10/3 As might be expected, a movie deal is in the works.

1984 National Times (Austral.) 2 Nov. 41/2 There are, of course, follow-up books in the works.

2008 H. F. Lynch Confl. of Conscience in Health Care ii. 57 The existence of the current debate might suggest that a renegotiation of professional responsibilities is in the works.

单词	in the works
释义	> as lemmas in the works (c) Originally U.S. in the works: in preparation; under way. Cf. sense 21, in the pipeline at pipeline n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > in progress [phrase] in handc1405 in expeditiona1616 on (also upon) the anvil1645 on the wheel1677 in progress1849 in the works1870 in process1906 in the pipeline1945 1870 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 17 May Several matters of great interest are ‘in the works’, and will receive due attention both from members of the lobby and members of the legislature. 1935 N. J. Ware Labor in Mod. Industr. Society x. 216 Why, if the revolution was ‘in the works’, to put it crudely, should Marx bother to write the Communist Manifesto? 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 16 Oct. 10/3 As might be expected, a movie deal is in the works. 1984 National Times (Austral.) 2 Nov. 41/2 There are, of course, follow-up books in the works. 2008 H. F. Lynch Confl. of Conscience in Health Care ii. 57 The existence of the current debate might suggest that a renegotiation of professional responsibilities is in the works. extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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