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单词 temp
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temp1

noun tɛmptɛmp
informal
  • A temporary employee, typically an office worker who finds employment through an agency.

    临时雇员,临时职员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The employment conditions for the temps - who have to wear orange badges to distinguish them from blue-badged permanent employees - are strikingly different.
    • For a brief time, a few years ago, I was employed as a temp at the Public Trust Office, one of the grey government monoliths that no one notices in Central London.
    • I'd highly recommend signing up with a few temp agencies.
    • Three employees and a temp are thought to have been evacuated but cannot be located by the company.
    • She registered with a temp agency, determined to land a position in development.
    • But an office full of temps contains all manner of other, hidden costs.
    • Past employment as an in-house temp or other is also statistically significant in predicting a lower probability of home ownership.
    • There were about thirty of us - cleaners, security guards, post room employees and temps.
    • And since the agency pays the temp, you don't have to concern yourself with rising costs of unemployment rates or with payroll deductions.
    • We are giving young temp workers a platform to express their unheard voices.
    • In July, the company said it had 70 permanent employees and 30 temps.
    • I then started work at Deep Sea World as an office temp, initially for three weeks.
    • After failing to land a job as a journalist, and brief stints as an office temp and clerk typist, Bass was demoralized and returned to North Carolina.
    • And hiring through a temp agency doesn't protect you from litigation.
    • Keep all your tickets and passes in the envelope they came in, and let the appropriate temp employees sort through it as needed.
    • Agency temps have the lowest rates of all employment categories.
    • I was going for an interview with a temp agency, and I'd just typed up my resume, including my work history.
    • The next day, he finds Kris as his new personal temp.
    • Anna, 21 and a single mother of two, was working as a temp at a nursing agency when she signed up for benefits.
    • So we hired a temp from this agency that supposedly specializes in temps who respect diversity and can handle working in places like ours.
    Synonyms
    temporary worker, part-timer, freelance, freelancer
verbtɛmptɛmp
[no object]informal
  • Work as a temporary employee.

    当临时雇员,当临时职员

    Suzanne was temping as a secretary
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since then I've been temping, taken part in the grape harvesting in Champagne, done voluntary work in Namibia, and I'm currently working as a waiter in Switzerland.
    • I'm temping for a company, basically doing data entry.
    • While temping at a hedge fund, an unregulated investment pool with lofty fees and million-dollar investment minimums, I accepted a full-time position.
    • The main increase in temp work has been in fixed-term contracts, which form about half of all temporary employment and agency temping.
    • I'm taking a week off from temping (if not more) to work on freelance work - hopefully I'll make some money on it this month.
    • Here in Edinburgh, I'm temping at a place that provides emergency alarms for elderly people.
    • In these three years I've had nine jobs, including part time, temping and other.
    • From temping in a job with no responsibility, prospects or even daily duties, I'm now editing a magazine about management theory and its impact on emerging markets.
    • Here, she plays Charlotte, a woman drifting through life, walking dogs, temping and working as a doctor's receptionist as she yearns to be a dress designer.
    • Many of them are temping until they find something more permanent, and what they're doing at the moment doesn't pay particularly well.
    • With temping, there is no personnel department telling you how you can make plans based on how many vacation days you have left.
    • I drifted into banking and insurance by accident when I took a year off between my first and second year at university and ended up temping at a large medical insurer that was a major local employer.
    • I took on bits of jobs - temping, writing - anything I could drop at a moment's notice to head up the motorway if necessary, but even then Mum was resistant to change.
    • When I was 16 I got a job temping for Swindon Town Council.
    • Mr Cassidy, who is currently temping, said: ‘Rewarding hard work is the best way to inspire determination and commitment.’
    • When I started my site I was unemployed or temping as a secretarial assistant in London.
    • I spent the next six years doing more temping.
    • Last summer I wrote about the farm, then I wrote about temping.
    • A few summers ago, when I was still temping and the weather was scorching the city, causing blackouts and other horrors, I decided to take a few days for myself and not work.
    • When I quit the farm I started temping and have done so ever since but never for more than a few weeks at a time and for various agencies.

Origin

1930s (originally US): abbreviation.

Rhymes

hemp, kemp

temp2

abbreviationtɛmptɛmp
  • Temperature.

    同TEMPERATURE

    went swimming—temp 73 degrees!
    January temps are as high as 35°C
    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the day and into their growth and blooming period they like temps between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
    • This reduced the CPU temp to almost room temperature.
    • Over the period of a month or so, the temp kept creeping up even though the room temperature is maintained relatively constant.
    • Generally speaking the models are in conflict when small changes in temps / air mass have large effects, making it hard to know what is most likely to happen.
    • Most turf grasses need ground temps of at least 60 degree F to germinate and depending on variety or type you pick may germinate in as little as five days to a month or more.
    • The temp is minus 5 degrees Celsius and the wind is in our face the rest of the day as we ski often where ptarmigans, moose and reindeer make the only other tracks.
    • But get here in June, when temps average a blissful 80 degrees, and you'll have the hiking trails, dive spots, and white-sand beaches to yourself.
    • The store is still under heavy construction, and the ambient temp is about 47 degrees.
    • If the air temperature was 90 degrees, the artificial-turf temp was 145 degrees or more.
    • Crucial, all important detail: during this entire time, the temps were over 90 degrees, with 80% humidity.
    • In winter, mountaineers can ski in, but storms and sub-zero temps make this one for the experienced adventurer.
    • A daytime temp of around 65 degrees and nights around 60 degrees will provide perfect conditions for your poinsettia.
    • The temps jumped 20 degrees, and the miserable dank week before was forgotten.
    • Am I right in saying that an increase in temps could make the jetstream move?
    • I remembered Jeremy's advice: 330 degrees is the target temp.
    • Your geranium will do best if the day time temps are around 65 degrees with night temperature around 55.
    • The water temp is 41 degrees Fahrenheit, and the air temp is about 50.
    • The ambient air temperature was about 31 degrees and the track temp was about 46 degrees
    • Dehydration, high body temperatures (some report temps over 106 degrees!), and increased heart rate are all common negative effects.
    • Near perfect summertime weather hit with the temps in the mid 80s and the humidity staying somewhat in check.
    Synonyms
    feverishness, high temperature, febricity, febrility

temp1

nountemptɛmp
informal
  • A temporary employee, typically an office worker who finds employment through an agency.

    临时雇员,临时职员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Past employment as an in-house temp or other is also statistically significant in predicting a lower probability of home ownership.
    • The next day, he finds Kris as his new personal temp.
    • But an office full of temps contains all manner of other, hidden costs.
    • We are giving young temp workers a platform to express their unheard voices.
    • I'd highly recommend signing up with a few temp agencies.
    • I then started work at Deep Sea World as an office temp, initially for three weeks.
    • Anna, 21 and a single mother of two, was working as a temp at a nursing agency when she signed up for benefits.
    • So we hired a temp from this agency that supposedly specializes in temps who respect diversity and can handle working in places like ours.
    • And hiring through a temp agency doesn't protect you from litigation.
    • Keep all your tickets and passes in the envelope they came in, and let the appropriate temp employees sort through it as needed.
    • I was going for an interview with a temp agency, and I'd just typed up my resume, including my work history.
    • Agency temps have the lowest rates of all employment categories.
    • For a brief time, a few years ago, I was employed as a temp at the Public Trust Office, one of the grey government monoliths that no one notices in Central London.
    • And since the agency pays the temp, you don't have to concern yourself with rising costs of unemployment rates or with payroll deductions.
    • In July, the company said it had 70 permanent employees and 30 temps.
    • She registered with a temp agency, determined to land a position in development.
    • Three employees and a temp are thought to have been evacuated but cannot be located by the company.
    • After failing to land a job as a journalist, and brief stints as an office temp and clerk typist, Bass was demoralized and returned to North Carolina.
    • The employment conditions for the temps - who have to wear orange badges to distinguish them from blue-badged permanent employees - are strikingly different.
    • There were about thirty of us - cleaners, security guards, post room employees and temps.
    Synonyms
    temporary worker, part-timer, freelance, freelancer
verbtemptɛmp
[no object]informal
  • Work as a temporary employee.

    当临时雇员,当临时职员

    Suzanne was temping as a secretary
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many of them are temping until they find something more permanent, and what they're doing at the moment doesn't pay particularly well.
    • I'm taking a week off from temping (if not more) to work on freelance work - hopefully I'll make some money on it this month.
    • In these three years I've had nine jobs, including part time, temping and other.
    • From temping in a job with no responsibility, prospects or even daily duties, I'm now editing a magazine about management theory and its impact on emerging markets.
    • I drifted into banking and insurance by accident when I took a year off between my first and second year at university and ended up temping at a large medical insurer that was a major local employer.
    • I'm temping for a company, basically doing data entry.
    • Here, she plays Charlotte, a woman drifting through life, walking dogs, temping and working as a doctor's receptionist as she yearns to be a dress designer.
    • When I quit the farm I started temping and have done so ever since but never for more than a few weeks at a time and for various agencies.
    • The main increase in temp work has been in fixed-term contracts, which form about half of all temporary employment and agency temping.
    • Mr Cassidy, who is currently temping, said: ‘Rewarding hard work is the best way to inspire determination and commitment.’
    • While temping at a hedge fund, an unregulated investment pool with lofty fees and million-dollar investment minimums, I accepted a full-time position.
    • When I started my site I was unemployed or temping as a secretarial assistant in London.
    • I spent the next six years doing more temping.
    • A few summers ago, when I was still temping and the weather was scorching the city, causing blackouts and other horrors, I decided to take a few days for myself and not work.
    • Since then I've been temping, taken part in the grape harvesting in Champagne, done voluntary work in Namibia, and I'm currently working as a waiter in Switzerland.
    • With temping, there is no personnel department telling you how you can make plans based on how many vacation days you have left.
    • When I was 16 I got a job temping for Swindon Town Council.
    • Last summer I wrote about the farm, then I wrote about temping.
    • I took on bits of jobs - temping, writing - anything I could drop at a moment's notice to head up the motorway if necessary, but even then Mum was resistant to change.
    • Here in Edinburgh, I'm temping at a place that provides emergency alarms for elderly people.

Origin

1930s (originally US): abbreviation.

temp2

abbreviationtɛmptemp
  • Temperature.

    同TEMPERATURE

    went swimming—temp 73 degrees!
    January temps are as high as 35°C
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But get here in June, when temps average a blissful 80 degrees, and you'll have the hiking trails, dive spots, and white-sand beaches to yourself.
    • I remembered Jeremy's advice: 330 degrees is the target temp.
    • Over the period of a month or so, the temp kept creeping up even though the room temperature is maintained relatively constant.
    • Your geranium will do best if the day time temps are around 65 degrees with night temperature around 55.
    • During the day and into their growth and blooming period they like temps between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
    • Am I right in saying that an increase in temps could make the jetstream move?
    • This reduced the CPU temp to almost room temperature.
    • Near perfect summertime weather hit with the temps in the mid 80s and the humidity staying somewhat in check.
    • Most turf grasses need ground temps of at least 60 degree F to germinate and depending on variety or type you pick may germinate in as little as five days to a month or more.
    • If the air temperature was 90 degrees, the artificial-turf temp was 145 degrees or more.
    • Generally speaking the models are in conflict when small changes in temps / air mass have large effects, making it hard to know what is most likely to happen.
    • The temp is minus 5 degrees Celsius and the wind is in our face the rest of the day as we ski often where ptarmigans, moose and reindeer make the only other tracks.
    • The temps jumped 20 degrees, and the miserable dank week before was forgotten.
    • The water temp is 41 degrees Fahrenheit, and the air temp is about 50.
    • The ambient air temperature was about 31 degrees and the track temp was about 46 degrees
    • Crucial, all important detail: during this entire time, the temps were over 90 degrees, with 80% humidity.
    • In winter, mountaineers can ski in, but storms and sub-zero temps make this one for the experienced adventurer.
    • A daytime temp of around 65 degrees and nights around 60 degrees will provide perfect conditions for your poinsettia.
    • The store is still under heavy construction, and the ambient temp is about 47 degrees.
    • Dehydration, high body temperatures (some report temps over 106 degrees!), and increased heart rate are all common negative effects.
    Synonyms
    feverishness, high temperature, febricity, febrility
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