outwork meaning in English
n.
1.〔常用 pl.〕【军事】简易外围工事。
2.户外工作，(在单位等)外部进行的工作；外勤工作。
vt.
(-worked, -wrought ) 在工作上胜过，比…做得快[巧]。
Examples
- He was a good workman himself , quick and deft , and it had always been a point of pride with him that no man should do any of his work for him or outwork him
马丁目已是个好工人，又灵巧又麻利，自负的是从不让别人做他那份工作，也从不让别人超过他。 - I could never rest in communication with strong , discreet , and refined minds , whether male or female , till i had passed the outworks of conventional reserve , and crossed the threshold of confidence , and won a place by their heart s very hearthstone
我与很有头脑言语谨慎富有教养的人交际的时候，不管是男人还是女人，我非要绕过缄默的传统防卫工事，踏进奥秘的门槛，在心坎的火炉边上找到一个位置才肯罢休。 - And so it was : he turned abruptly , hastened into the house again , shut the door behind him ; and when i went in a while after to inform them that earnshaw had come home rabid drunk , ready to pull the whole place about our ears his ordinary frame of mind in that condition , i saw the quarrel had merely effected a closer intimacy had broken the outworks of youthful timidity , and enabled them to forsake the disguise of friendship , and confess themselves lovers
真是这样，他猛然转身，急急忙忙又回到屋里，把他背后的门关上。过了一会当我进去告诉他们，恩萧已经大醉而归，准备把我们这所老宅都毁掉这是在那样情况下他通常有的心情，这时我看见这场争吵反而促成一种更密切的亲昵已经打破了年轻人的羞怯的堡垒，并且使他们抛弃了友谊的伪装而承认他们自己是情人了。