工作着

They sit around chewing the fat instead of working.

作，坐着闲聊。

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

那位艺术家作室里立着一尊富尼埃夫人石膏像。

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

尽管我对作计划存在着分歧,但我应该联合起来与自然灾害作斗争。

Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.

会计是一种需要坐着作职业。

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.

说它像一个有益菌蓄水池那样作着，当被像霍乱和痢疾之类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.

事业正处在紧要关头，要么继续干目作，等着升职，要么就接受巴西新作。