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| 1 | C work that you do regularly to earn money . When you ask someone about their job , you usually say ‘What do you do?’ , and not ‘What is your job?’ The answer would usually be ‘I am a ...’ or ‘I work as a...’ , and not ‘My job is’ ... 工作，职业（问某人的职业时通常用What do you do? 而非What is your job? 回答通常为I am a ... 或I work as a ...， 而非My job is ...) |
| +as She has a job as a restaurant manager. 她是一家餐厅的经理。 |
| apply for a job I’ ve applied for several jobs without success. 我已经申请了好几份工作，但都没有成功。 |
| get a job Andy got a holiday job at a factory in Bristol. 安迪在布里斯托尔的一家工厂谋到了一份假期零工。 |
| find a job (=get a job after looking for one) Emma finally found a Saturday job in a bakery. 找到工作 |
| offer sb a job My son has been offered a job in Tokyo. 有人给我儿子提供了一份在东京的工作。 |
| take a job (=accept a job) I’ ve taken a job at a hotel in the city centre. 接受工作 |
| do a job She’ s very experienced – she’ s been doing the job for years. 她很有经验，她干这工作已经好多年了。 |
| I could never do your job! 我永远做不了你的工作！ |
| be in a job (=have a particular job) I’ ve been in this job for five years now. 做某种工作 |
| leave your job Dan left his job after an argument with his boss. 丹和老板吵架后就辞职了。 |
| jobs go (=are lost) Over 2000 jobs will go in the shipbuilding industry. 工作机会丧失 |
| lose your job Many steelworkers are worried that they’ ll lose their jobs. 许多炼钢工人担心他们会失业。 |
| job losses The car industry has faced massive job losses. 汽车工业面临大规模的失业。 |
| out of a job (=without a job) I could be out of a job if things don’ t improve. 失业 |
| create jobs The new venture will create over 1500 jobs in the area. 这家新公司将为该地区创造1500多个就业岗位。 |
| job interview He’ s attending a job interview this morning. 他今天早上要去参加求职面试。 |
| job opportunities/prospects There are not many job opportunities in this part of the country. 该国这个地区没有多少就业机会。 |
| temporary/permanent job I’ ve got a temporary job for six months. 我找到一份6个月的临时工作。 |
| part-time/full-time job Many students have part-time jobs. 许多学生都有兼职工作。 |
| top job (=an important or powerful job) She holds one of the top jobs in the industry. 重要职位 |
| | 1a | jobs that someone gives to their friends 给朋友的职位 | |
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| 2 | C something that you have to do or deal with （一件）工作，活儿；零活儿 |
| The first job is to decide who to invite. 要做的第一件事是决定邀请谁。 |
| the job of doing sth No one wanted the job of painting the ceiling. 谁都不想干粉刷天花板的活儿。 |
| do a job Our architects have done a very thorough job. 我们的建筑师做了很全面的工作。 |
| odd jobs (=small things that you have to do) I’ ve got a few odd jobs to do this weekend. 零活儿 |
| | 2a | to do something very well 做得很好 | | You’ ve done a fantastic job of decorating the room. 这个房间你装饰得非常棒。 | |
| | 2b | to do something well or badly 某事做得好/不好 | | He made a terrible job of cutting my hair. 他把我的头发剪得不像样子。 | |
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| 3 | singular your duty in a particular situation or organization 职责；任务 |
| it is sb’ s job to do sth It’ s my job to welcome new members to the club. 欢迎俱乐部新成员的到来是我的职责。 |
| It’ s the job of teachers to give their students confidence. 给学生信心是老师应尽的职责。 |
| take on a job (=start to do something as a duty) When I took on the job, I didn’ t know what it would involve. 开始承担某项任务 |
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| 4 | C informal a crime , especially one in which money is stolen 罪行；（尤指）盗窃 |
| a bank job 抢劫银行 |
| inside job (=a crime committed by someone working within an organization) The police reckon the robbery was an inside job. 内部犯罪 |
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| 5 | job C spoken something of a particular type 某种东西 |
| He’ s bought one of those DVD jobs. 他买了一台那种DVD机。 |
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| 6 | C something that a computer , printer etc does （计算机、打印机等的）工作，任务 |
| Your scan is the third job in the queue. 你的扫描排在第3位。 |
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| - | be just the job BRITISH spoken
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| used for saying that something is perfect for a particular purpose |
| 正是需要的东西 |
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| - | do a job on very informal
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| to hurt someone or damage something |
| 伤害（某人）；损坏（某物） |
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| - | do the job spoken
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| if something does the job , you can use it for something , even if it was not designed for this |
| 奏效；管用；起作用 |
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| I think one of these paper clips will do the job. 我认为有一个回形针就管用了。 |
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| - | give sth up as a bad job BRITISH informal
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| to stop doing something because you do not think you will ever succeed |
| （因认为无成功的可能而）停止做某事，放弃做某事 |
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| - | good job AMERICAN spoken
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| used for telling someone that they have done something well |
| 做得好；干得好 |
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| - | have a job doing/to do sth BRITISH informal
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| to have difficulties doing something |
| 做某事有困难: |
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| We had quite a job finding your house. 我们费了好大劲才找到你家。 |
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| - | have a job on your hands informal
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| to have a difficult piece of work to do |
| 有棘手的活儿要做 |
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| Whoever gets the post has a real job on their hands. 不论谁得到这个职位都有很棘手的事要做。 |
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| - | (it’ s a) good job BRITISH
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| used for saying that it is lucky that you did something or lucky that something happened |
| 真巧；幸好 |
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| It’ s a good job I remembered to bring an umbrella. 幸好我记住了带雨伞。 |
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| - | it’ s more than my job’ s worth BRITISH often humorous
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| used for saying that you will not do something because you would lose your job if you did it |
| 这会让我丢掉工作；这会让我被开除 |
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| - | make the best of a bad job BRITISH informal
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| to do the best that you can in a bad situation |
| 在不利的情况下尽力而为 |
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| - | on the job
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| 1 | working at a particular job 做某项工作 | Jenkins was put on the job at the last minute. 詹金斯在最后一刻被派去做这件事。 | |
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| 2 | while you are working 在工作中 | Trainee journalists soon learn the importance of deadlines, on the job. 实习记者很快就会在工作中懂得最后限期的重要性。 | | on-the-job training young diplomats getting on-the-job training 接受在职培训的年轻外交官 | |
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| 3 | BRITISH very informal having sex 正在干那种事儿；正在做爱 |
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| Words frequently used with job | | job 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | dead-end, full-time, good, low-paid, menial, part-time, permanent, proper, semi-skilled, skilled, temporary, unskilled, well-paid, | 1 | | | |
| Talking or writing about jobs
谈论或描写jobs | | | | | | Talking or writing about jobs谈论或描写jobs | | | | general一般用法 | | job what you do regularly to earn money, especially what you do for a particular company or person. A full-time job is a job that you do for at least the same number of hours a week as people usually work. A part-time job is a job that you do for fewer hours a week than people usually work工作（为赚钱而固定做的事，尤指为某家公司或某个人工作。fulltime job指每周工作时间至少与人们通常工作小时数相等的工作，而parttime job 则指每周工作时间少于人们通常工作小时数的工作）: My first job was helping in a pet shop. 我的第一份工作是在一家宠物店帮忙。 a full-time bookkeeper 全职簿记员 He works full-time for the council. 他在地方议会做全职工作。 a part-time bartender 兼职酒吧侍应生 I teach part-time now. 我现在兼职教书。 | | work something that you do to earn money, or the place where you go to do it工作（为赚钱所做的事）；工作地点: I’ ve got a lot of work on at the moment. 我眼下有很多工作要做。 Dan’ s at work. 丹在上班。 | | career the jobs someone does over a period of time that involve a particular type of work事业，生涯（某人在一段时间内从事某类职业的多种工作）: a long career in the civil service 长期的文职工作 a medical career 医学事业。 | | profession a type of job that you need a lot of education or special training to do, or all the people who do a particular job like this职业（需要大量教育或专业训练才能从事的一类工作）；同行，界（指从事此类工作的所有人员）: I’ m a doctor by profession. 我是医生。 the legal profession 法律界。 | | occupation formal your usual job职业（通常做的工作）: What is your current occupation and salary? 你目前从事何种职业，薪酬多少？ | | post a particular job within a company or organization, especially a job with some responsibility职务（公司或组织里的特定工作，尤指需要承担一些责任的工作）: She applied for the post of Senior Marketing Manager at Cadbury Schweppes. 她申请了吉百利·史威士公司高级营销经理的职务。 | | position a particular job: used especially in advertisements for available jobs职位（特定的工作，尤用于招聘广告中）: a vacancy for the position of night watchman 夜间警卫职位的空缺。 | | getting a job谋职 | | apply to officially say, usually in a letter or on a special form, that you would like to be considered for a particular job | | 申请（指通常以信件或特殊表格的形式正式说明希望成为某份工作的被考虑人选） | | CV a list of your qualifications and work experience that you send to someone who you are hoping to work for | | （求职者的）简历，履历 | | job seeker formal someone who is looking for a job | | 求职者 | | applicant someone who applies for a particular job | | （某份工作的）申请人 | | candidate someone who is competing with other people for a particular job | | （某份工作的）候选人 | | interview a meeting with the people you are hoping to work for where they ask you questions and find out more about you | | 面试 | | interviewee an applicant who is asked to come for an interview | | 被面试者 | | leaving a job离职 | | resign to officially say that you are going to leave your job | | （正式）辞职 | | quit informal to leave a job | | 离职 | | sack or fire to tell someone that they must leave their job, especially because their work is not good or they have done something wrong解雇；开除: She’ s been fired for not meeting her sales targets. 她因没有达到销售目标而被解雇。 | | make sb redundant to tell someone that they no longer have a job because they are not needed any more | | 将某人作为冗员裁减掉 | | retire to stop working, usually because you are old | | （通常由于年纪大而）退休 | | not having a job没有工作 | | unemployed or jobless used for describing someone who does not have a job but who would like to have one: used also as a noun for referring to people in this position as a group失业的（用于描述失业但想找工作的人，也可以用作名词来指全体失业者）: a jobless welder 失业的焊工 Her brother has been unemployed for over a year. 她哥哥已经失业一年多了。 measures to help the unemployed find work 帮助失业者找到工作的举措。 | | out of work used for describing someone who does not have a job but who would like to have one无工作的（用于描述失业但想找工作的人）: She’ s been out of work for six months. 她已经失业6个月了。 | | retired used for describing someone who is not working because they are old退休的（用于描述由于年纪大而停止工作的人）: a retired army officer 退役军官。 | | | |
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