工作着

They sit around chewing the fat instead of working.

他们不作，坐闲聊。

A plaster cast of Madame Fournier stood in the artist’s studio.

那位艺术家的作室里立一尊富尼埃夫人的石膏像。

We must band ourselves against natural calamities despite the disputes on the working plan.

尽管我们对作计划存在,但我们应该联合起来与自然灾害作斗争。

Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.

会计是一种需要坐作的职业。

It serves, they say, as a reservoir of beneficial microbes which can recolonize the gut after it's emptied by diseases such as cholera or dysentery.

他们说它像一个有益菌的蓄水池那样作，当被像痢疾之类的疾病耗尽之后能够再重新迁移到肠道中去。

He’s at a crossroads in his career—either he stays in his current job and waits for promotion, or he accepts this new post in Brazil.

他的事业正处在紧要关头，要么继续干目前的作，等升职，要么就接受巴西的新作。