job
- n.工作;(一件)工作，活儿，事情;作业，工作;职位;职业;(一项)任务;职责;责任;东西;犯罪行为（尤指偷窃）
- vi.承包;打杂;代客买卖做零工;作包工
复数： jobs 过去式： jobbed 现在分词： jobbing 过去分词： jobbed 第三人称单数： jobs
jobnoun
有酬工作 paid work
工作；职业；职位
work for which you receive regular payment
He's trying to get a job .
他正在找工作。
She took a job as a waitress.
她找了个工作，当服务员。
His brother's just lost his job .
他的兄弟刚丢了工作。
a summer/holiday/Saturday/vacation job
暑期 / 假日 / 周六 / 假期工作
a temporary/permanent job
临时 / 固定工作
I'm thinking of applying for a new job .
我在考虑申请一份新工作。
The takeover of the company is bound to mean more job losses .
公司被接管必然意味着更多人要失业。
Many women are in part-time jobs .
许多妇女都是非全职工作。
Did they offer you the job ?
他们给你这个职位了吗？
He certainly knows his job (= is very good at his job) .
他对自己的工作很在行。
I'm only doing my job (= I'm doing what I am paid to do) .
我不过在做我分内的事。
He's been out of a job (= unemployed) for six months now.
他已经失业六个月了。
She's never had a steady job (= a job that is not going to end suddenly) .
她从未有过稳定的工作。
任务 task
（一项）任务；（一件）工作，活儿，事情
a particular task or piece of work that you have to do
I've got various jobs around the house to do.
我在家里有各种各样的活儿要干。
Sorting these papers out is going to be a long job.
整理这些文件是很费工夫的事。
The builder has a couple of jobs on at the moment.
目前这家建筑商有几项工程在进行。
职责 duty
责任；职责
a responsibility or duty
It's not my job to lock up!
上锁不是我的事儿！
罪行 crime
犯罪行为（尤指偷窃）
a crime, especially stealing
a bank job
银行抢劫案
an inside job (= done by sb in the organization where the crime happens)
内部人员作的案
物体 object
东西；物件
a particular kind of thing
It's real wood─not one of those plastic jobs.
这是实木的——不是那种塑料产品。
计算机技术 computing
（作为一个单元处理的）作业，工作
an item of work which is done by a computer as a single unit
to be effective or successful in doing what you want
这种超黏度胶应该管用。
This extra strong glue should do the job.
to do sth well, badly, etc.
他们干得非常内行。
They did a very professional job.
You've certainly made an excellent job of the kitchen (= for example, painting it) .
你们把厨房弄得好极了。
to decide to stop trying to help sb or to do sth because there is no hope of success
used to tell sb that they have done well at sth
used to say that you are pleased about a situation or that sb is lucky that sth happened
幸亏你来帮忙。
It's a good job you were there to help.
to have difficulty doing sth
要让他们信服你是对的还要费点劲。
You'll have a job convincing them that you're right.
He had a hard job to make himself heard.
他好不容易才使别人听见他的声音。
work that you are paid to do or that must be done
有一件他不想干但又必须完成的工作在等待着他。
There was a job of work waiting for him that he was not looking forward to.
people use the expression jobs for the boys when they are criticizing the fact that sb in power has given work to friends or relatives
exactly what is needed in a particular situation
not worth doing because it is against the rules or because it might cause you to lose your job
没有票就让你进去，我可能会丢饭碗的。
It's more than my job's worth to let you in without a ticket.
to accept a bad or difficult situation and do as well as you can
a very difficult or unpleasant job or time
我费了九牛二虎之力才找到你。
I've had a devil of a job finding you.
to stop working in order to go on strike
These are all words for a piece of work that sb has to do.以上各词均指任务、工作。
a piece of work that sb has to do, especially a difficult or unpleasant one尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的任务、工作：
Our first task will be to set up a communications system.
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
tasks that are part of your job指职责、任务：
Your duties will include setting up a new computer system.
你的职责将包括建立一个新的计算机系统。
an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country指官方使命、使团的使命：
They undertook a fact-finding mission in the region.
他们承担了在该地区核查事实的工作。
a piece of work that sb has to do指一项任务、一件工作：
I've got various jobs around the house to do.
我在家里有各种各样的活儿要干。
A task may be more difficult than a job and require you to think carefully about how you are going to do it. A job may be sth small that is one of several jobs that you have to do, especially in the home; or a job can be sth that takes a long time and is boring and/or needs a lot of patience. |
a task that sb is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies指分派的工作、任务、布置的作业：
You must complete three written assignments.
你必须完成三个书面作业。
a task that you have to do regularly, especially one that you do in the home and find unpleasant or boring指日常事务、例行工作、尤指令人厌烦或无聊的家务活：
household chores
家务杂活
job
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N-COUNT 工作；职业；职位
A job is the work that someone does to earn money.Once I'm in America I can get a job...
我一到美国就能找到工作。
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N-COUNT （一项）任务；（一份）工作，活儿
A job is a particular task.He said he hoped that the job of putting together a coalition wouldn't take too much time...
他说他希望结成联盟的工作不会耗时太久。
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N-COUNT 职责；责任；作用
The job of a particular person or thing is their duty or function.Their main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness...
它们的主要功效是保健而非治病。
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N-SING （干得出色的）活儿
If you say that someone is doing a good job, you mean that they are doing something well. In British English, you can also say that they are making a good job of something.We could do a far better job of managing it than they have...
我们会比他们经营得好得多。
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N-SING 难做的工作；非常费力的事
If you say that you have a job doing something, you are emphasizing how difficult it is.He may have a hard job selling that argument to investors...
他可能得磨破嘴皮才能让投资者接受那个观点。
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PHRASE 为有关系的人安排的职位
If you refer to work as jobs for the boys, you mean that the work is unfairly given to someone's friends, supporters, or relations, even though they may not be the best qualified people to do it.The Party has been accused of creating a 'jobs for the boys' system of government.
该党被指责实行“任人唯亲”的政府用人机制。
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PHRASE 正想要的东西；求之不得的东西
If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed.Not only is it just the job for travelling, but it's handy for groceries too.
它不仅非常适合于旅行，而且用来日常购物也很方便。
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PHRASE 在工作；在干活儿；在工作岗位上
If someone is on the job, they are actually doing a particular job or task.The top pay scale after five years on the job would reach $5.00 an hour...
在这个岗位干上5年后，最高薪酬可达每小时5美元。
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it's a good job→ see:good
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- a damaging piece of work
- dry rot did the job of destroying the barn
- the barber did a real job on my hair
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- the performance of a piece of work
- she did an outstanding job as Ophelia
- he gave it up as a bad job
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- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- he's not in my line of business
- Synonym: occupation business line of work line
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- the responsibility to do something
- it is their job to print the truth
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- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- Synonym: task chore
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- a crime (especially a robbery)
- the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
- Synonym: caper
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- a workplace;as in the expression "on the job"
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- an object worked on;a result produced by working
- he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
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- (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
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- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- she and her husband are having problems
- it is always a job to contact him
- urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
- Synonym: problem
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- invest at a risk
- I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating
- Synonym: speculate
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- work occasionally
- As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
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- arranged for contracted work to be done by others
- Synonym: subcontract farm out
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- profit privately from public office and official business
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My new job is much the same as the old one .
我的新工作和旧工作差不多。
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The money is much better in my new job .
我的新工作薪水高多了。
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It 's a good job you were there to help .
幸亏你来帮忙。
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You 're not going about the job in the right way .
你做这事的方法不对。
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Few people can count on having a job for life .
几乎没有人能指望一辈子都干一个工作。
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The job brings with it status and a high income .
担任这一职务既有显贵的地位又有丰厚的收入。
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You have a strong case for getting your job back .
你有充分的理由要求恢复你的工作。
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This job could be done equally well by a computer .
这个工作用计算机同样可以做得很好。
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Her job added a new dimension to her life .
她的工作为她的生活增添了新的内容。
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He 's trying to get a job in a bank .
他正设法在银行找一个工作。
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There just aren 't any jobs going in this area .
此地几乎没有工作可找。
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With the coming of modern technology , many jobs were lost .
随着现代技术的到来，许多工作岗位不复存在。
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Somehow or other I must get a new job .
我必须想方设法找份新工作。
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Customer relations is an important element of the job .
与客户的关系是这个工作的重要部分。
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She 's dead set on getting this new job .
她打定主意要得到这个新工作。
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He used a false name to get the job .
他用假名得到了这份工作。
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The government plans to create more jobs for young people .
政府计划为年轻人创造更多的就业机会。
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Can we take it as read that you want the job ?
我们能不能认为你想要这份工作？
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When do you start your new job ?
你什么时候开始新工作？
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A woman of her ability will easily find a job .
有她那样才能的女性找工作不难。
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It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here .
年轻人要在附近找到工作很难。
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Listening is an important part of the job .
倾听是这项工作的一个重要部分。
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This new job could open up whole new vistas for her .
这项新工作可能给她开辟全新的前景。
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No one pushed you to take the job , did they ?
谁也没推着你接受这份工作，对不对？
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When are you going to get a proper job ?
你想什么时候去找一份正经的工作呀？
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How much money do we need to do the job properly ?
我们需要多少钱才能做好这件事？
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It was through him that I got the job .
我全靠他的帮助才找到这份工作。
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Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours .
很多从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。
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There were a large number of candidates for the job .
有许多求职者申请这份工作。
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If they offer me the job , I 'll take it .
如果他们给我这份工作，我就接受。
最普通用词，含义广泛，既可指体力劳动也可指脑力劳动，通常都以挣钱为目的，有时也指机器干的工作。
We have more work than we can deal with.
我们的工作多得做不完。
Work can bring you pleasure.
工作能给人带来快乐。
He started work when he was just 15.
他15岁就开始工作了。
Only those who love their work can enjoy the delight in work.
只有热爱工作的人才能享受到工作中的乐趣。
多用于口语，侧重指受雇用的、以谋生为目的的工作。
Peter does odd jobs for his neighbours.
彼得给邻居们打零工。
Sorting these reports out is going to be a hard job.
整理这些报告是件很辛苦的事。
Her daughter has a job in a bank.
她女儿在银行里有份工作。
The job requires much hard labour.
这项工作要付出很多艰苦的劳动。
尤指艰苦的体力劳动。
All wealth comes ultimately from human labour.
一切财富归根到底来源于人类的劳动。
There is a clear division of labour in ants.
蚂蚁间有明确的分工。
In return for his labour, he receives food and shelter.
他以他辛苦的劳动换取食物和栖身之所。
指十分累人的苦活。
A life of toil is generally the price of fame and success.
劳苦的一生通常是声望和成功的代价。
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
我无可奉献，除了鲜血、辛劳、泪水和汗水。
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