- 除去；处理(积压的工作)；处理；(使)逐步消除；排除；清理：
He thought that the heavy work would help him to work off his anger.
他想干点重活可能有助于平息他的怒气。
- 以干活抵押(债务等)：
It will take him 6 months to work off this bank loan.
他得干六个月的活才能还清这笔银行贷款。
- 发泄(怨气等)；出气：
One sometimes works off one's irritation on others.
人们有时会向别人发泄自己的怨气。
- 结束，完成；处理掉：
He had worked off many letters before he left this city.
离开这座城市以前，他处理掉大量信件。
- 印就，印出，印刷完(待发行)：
More than one thousand leaflets were worked off.
一千多份传单已经印好。
- 使假冒；使人对…得到错误印象
- 逐渐消失：
The pain worked off because he received timely treatment.
由于得到及时治疗，他的疼痛逐渐消失了。
- 分离，分开；脱落：
Would you please work this lid off?
请帮忙把这盖子松开好吗?
- [俚语]吊死，勒死
- 卖掉，售出，兜售，销掉(劣货等)；冒充：
The merchant worked off an undesirable lot of goods.
这个商人销掉了一大批劣货。