work over

• • 重作，改做：

    Many history stories have been worked over for television.

    许多历史故事都被改编成了电视剧。

  • [美国口语]痛殴，痛打，殴打；折磨；用暴力勒索钱财；扒窃：

    They worked him over because he hadn't come across with the information.

    因为他没能送来情报，他们狠狠地折磨他。

  • 精读；充分研究，钻研；彻底检查：

    It took me some time to work over the books.

    仔细查阅这些书花了我一些时间。

  • 彻底改变：

    The suffering had worked him over inside.

    他的遭遇彻底改变了他的内心世界。

  • 使遭受彻底或系统的轰击，轰炸；扫射：

    Our bombers worked over the enemy advance positions.

    我们的轰炸机彻底轰炸了敌人的前沿阵地。