"put to work" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 投入使用
• 让...工作

Definition

让某人或某事开始工作或投入使用，实现某个目的。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于指派某人工作或开始使用某物（如机器、想法、技能）。表达中性。常见搭配：“put someone to work”，“put a plan to work”，也用于利用资源或时间。

Examples

We put the new machine to work this morning.

今天早上我们**让新机器投入使用**了。

The teacher put the students to work cleaning the classroom.

老师**让学生们清理教室**，投入工作。

He put his skills to work in the new job.

他在新工作中**发挥了自己的技能**。

After months of planning, the team finally put their ideas to work.

经过几个月的筹划，团队终于**把他们的想法付诸实践**。

Let’s put these tools to work and fix the fence.

让我们**用这些工具工作**，修理篱笆。

Instead of waiting, she decided to put her free time to work by learning guitar.

她没有等待，而是**利用空闲时间**学习吉他。