劍橋詞典

workings noun [plural] (UNDER GROUND)


the system of holes that has been dug in the ground in order to remove metal , coal , etc.
（金屬礦、煤礦等的）巷道，礦坑
disused mine workings 廢棄的采礦巷道

例句

• What I need is a book that will demystify the workings of a car engine for me.
• Psychologists focus on the workings of the nervous system , especially the brain .
• She has a keen interest in the workings of government .
• The novel portrayed the despair of an ordinary man entangled in the workings of a bureaucratic legal system .
• The process is crucial to the workings of the living cell .

workings noun [plural] (OPERATION)

?the workings of sth

the way that an organization , machine , or organism operates
（組織、機(jī)器或有機(jī)體的）運(yùn)作方式，工作方法
the workings of government 政府的運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)方式
I don't know anything about the workings of other departments or about the organization as a whole . 我根本不知道其他部門(mén)或整個(gè)組織是如何運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的。 返回 workings