| 释义 |
work over
1. study or examine thoroughly 仔细检查；钻研
* For the term paper I worked over 30 volumes of American history. 为了写学期论文，我钻研了30卷美国史书。
* I spent some time in working over those statistic figures. 我花了一些时间去仔细检查那些统计数字。
2. do again or anew 重新加工；翻新
* Every time I work the sum over, I get a different answer. 每次我复查这笔帐，得出的数字都不一样。
* We are going to work over the old furniture. 我们打算翻新旧家具。
3. beat sb. up very roughly (in order to intimidate him or extort payment, etc.) 痛打（为了威胁或勒索）
* They threatened to work him over until he talked. 他们威胁说要打到他开口为止。 |