a piece of work

基本解释

What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason!
人类是一件多么了不得的杰作！多么高贵的理性！
It’s only too easy to misinterpret a critical comment about a piece of work as a personal attack.
对于一项工作的批评太容易被误解为人身攻击了。
A piece of work presented to a medieval guild as evidence of qualification for the rank of master
对行业作出的工作结果，它是能够用来认定大师资格的证据。

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!
人类是一件多么了不起的杰作，多么高贵的理性，多么无穷的力量，多么优雅的仪表,多么端庄的举止，行为像天使，智慧像天神！
耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选
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.
在某种程度上,这告诉了你这件艺术作品,其实是你早已认识的东西;,你已经通过那些方式了解了它，不用怕它。
耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

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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