do a job on somebody/somethingespecially American EnglishAmE informal to have a damaging effect on someone or something 对某人/某事造成破坏性结果 The sun does quite a job on people’s skin. 太阳光对人的皮肤相当有害。
do a job on somebody/something• I watch Maintenance do a job on a paper machine, shut the whole thing down to change a secondary valve.• If you tell Spider yuh out, he may do a job on you.• The sun does quite a job on people's skin.
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