工作着

A plaster cast of Madame Fournier stood in the artist’s studio.

那位艺术家的作室里立着一尊富尼埃夫人的石膏。

They sit around chewing the fat instead of working.

不作，坐着闲聊。

We must band ourselves against natural calamities despite the disputes on the working plan.

尽管我对作计划存在着分歧,但我应该联合起来与自然灾害作斗争。

Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.

会计是一种需要坐着作的职业。

He’s at a crossroads in his career—either he stays in his current job and waits for promotion, or he accepts this new post in Brazil.

的事业正处在紧要关头，要么继续干目前的作，等着升职，要么就接受巴西的新作。

It serves, they say, as a reservoir of beneficial microbes which can recolonize the gut after it's emptied by diseases such as cholera or dysentery.

说它一个有的蓄水池那样作着，当被霍乱和痢疾之类的疾病耗尽之后能够再重新迁移到肠道中去。