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*job /dʒɑb; dʒɒb/
n [C]
1 work that you do regularly in order to earn money 工作，职业:
get/find a job I got a part-time job as a waitress. 我找到了一份当服务员的兼职工作。
apply for a job (=try to get a job) 申请工作，求职: She applied for a job at a bank. 她向一家银行申请了工作。
out of a job (=unemployed) 失业
2 a duty or responsibility 职责，责任; 任务:
Leave the dishes — that's my job. 把碗碟放着别洗，那是我的工作。
3 a piece of work that you must do, usually without being paid 〔必需要做而通常没有报酬的〕工作，杂务:
I always end up doing the unpleasant jobs around the house. 最后总是由我来做屋子里的那些杂务。
4 on the job while doing work or at work 在上班时，工作时:
All our employees get on the job training. 我们所有员工都得到在职培训。
5 make a good/bad job of sth BrE to do something well or badly 【英】 某事做得好/糟:
Sarah made a good job of that presentation. 莎拉的那个报告做得很精彩。
6 do a nice/great etc job to do something very well 把某事做得很好:
Tina did a nice job on your hair. 蒂娜把你的头发做得真好。
7 it's a good job BrE spoken used to say that it is lucky something happened 【英口】幸亏，幸好:
It's a good job you were wearing your seat belt. 幸亏你当时系着安全带。
8 do the job informal to make something have the result that you want or need 【非正式】 就行了，就好了:
A little more glue should do the job. 再加一点点胶水就行了。
9 just the job BrE spoken exactly what is needed or wanted 【英口】正是所需要的:
That table you gave us was just the job! 你给的那张桌子正合我们需要！
USAGE NOTE 用法说明: job, work, occupation, career, and 和 profession
Work is what you do to earn money. work 是指为挣钱而做的工作:
I have to go to work now. 我现在得去上班了。
He can't find work. 他找不到工作。
Your job is the particular type of work that you do. job 是指你所做的某一种工作:
Jeff got a job as a waiter. 杰夫得到了一份当服务员的工作。
Occupation is a word used especially on official forms meaning the job that you do. occupation 也指你的工作、职业，尤用于正式表格中:
Please state your name, address, and occupation. 请写明你的姓名、地址和职业。
A career is a professional job that you do for most of your life. career 是指你大半辈子在从事的职业:
Her political career began 20 years ago. 她的政治生涯于 20 年前开始。
A profession is a job in an area of work such as law, medicine, or teaching, for which you need special training and education. profession 是指法律、医学或教育方面需要接受特殊训练和教育的专门职业:
the medical profession 医务工作［职业］
Not enough people are entering the teaching profession. (=are becoming teachers) 从事教育工作的人太少。 |