pull your weight

Related to word: pull

Idiom

Definition

  1. C2

    To contribute one's fair share of effort or work in a group or shared activity.

    在團體中盡自己應盡的責任,做好份內的工作。

    • The team members complained that John wasn't pulling his weight.

      團隊成員抱怨約翰沒有盡到自己的責任。

    • If we want to succeed, everyone needs to pull their weight.

      如果我們想要成功,每個人都需要盡自己的一份力。

    • I'm tired of always having to clean up after him; he needs to start pulling his weight.

      我已經厭倦了總是要幫他收拾殘局;他需要開始盡自己的責任。