a piece of work

基本解释

What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason!
人類是一件多麽了不得的傑作！多麽高貴的理性！
It’s only too easy to misinterpret a critical comment about a piece of work as a personal attack.
對於一項工作的批評太容易被誤解爲人身攻擊了。
A piece of work presented to a medieval guild as evidence of qualification for the rank of master
對行業作出的工作結果，它是能夠用來認定大師資格的証據。

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!
人類是一件多麽了不起的傑作，多麽高貴的理性，多麽無窮的力量，多麽優雅的儀表,多麽耑莊的擧止，行爲像天使，智慧像天神！
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節選
So in a sense it tells you this work of art is of a piece with what you already know; it's familiar in those ways, and you shouldn't be afraid of it.
在某種程度上,這告訴了你這件藝術作品,其實是你早已認識的東西;,你已經通過那些方式了解了它，不用怕它。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節選

Lang Hancock was a piece of work.
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And inspired by what she saw and heard, she wrote down her thoughts and donated a piece of work to help pay for the construction of a new statue -- the Statue of Liberty -- which actually was funded in part by small donations from people across America.
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