job

英 [dʒɒb]

美 [dʒɑːb]

n.  工作; 职业; 职位; (一项)任务; (一件)工作，活儿，事情; 责任; 职责
vi.  承包; 代客买卖做零工; 作包工; 打杂

复数：jobs　现在分词：jobbing　过去式：jobbed　第三人称单数：jobs　过去分词：jobbed　

中考高考IELTSCET4考研BEC计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.272 / COCA.243

同义词辨析

workjoblabourtoil【导航词义：工作，劳动】

习惯用语

n.

the patience of Job
• 极其耐心；心平气和
  the fact of being extremely patient and not complaining
• You need the patience of Job to deal with some of our customers.
  和我们的一些顾客打交道需要有极大的耐心。

牛津词典

noun

有酬工作 paid work
• 工作；职业；职位
  work for which you receive regular payment
  1. He's trying to get a job .
     他正在找工作。
  2. She took a job as a waitress.
     她找了个工作，当服务员。
  3. His brother's just lost his job .
     他的兄弟刚丢了工作。
  4. a summer/holiday/Saturday/vacation job
     暑期 / 假日 / 周六 / 假期工作
  5. a temporary/permanent job
     临时 / 固定工作
  6. I'm thinking of applying for a new job .
     我在考虑申请一份新工作。
  7. 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。
  8. Many women are in part-time jobs .
     许多妇女都是非全职工作。
  9. Did they offer you the job ?
     他们给你这个职位了吗？
  10. He certainly knows his job (= is very good at his job) .
      他对自己的工作很在行。
  11. 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。
  12. He's been out of a job (= unemployed) for six months now.
      他已经失业六个月了。
  13. 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
  1. I've got various jobs around the house to do.
     我在家里有各种各样的活儿要干。
  2. Sorting these papers out is going to be a long job.
     整理这些文件是很费工夫的事。
  3. 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
  1. 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
  1. a bank job
     银行抢劫案
  2. 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
  1. 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

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 工作；职业；职位
  Ajobis the work that someone does to earn money.
  1. Once I'm in America I can get a job...
     我一到美国就能找到工作。
  2. Thousands have lost their jobs...
     数以千计的人失业了。
  3. I felt the pressure of being the first woman in the job.
     作为第一个从事这一工作的女性，我感到有压力。
  4. ...overseas job vacancies.
     海外职位空缺
• N-COUNT （一项）任务；（一份）工作，活儿
  Ajobis a particular task.
  1. 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。
  2. Save major painting jobs for the spring or summer.
     把主要的油漆活儿留到春天或夏天干。
• N-COUNT 职责；责任；作用
  Thejobof a particular person or thing is their duty or function.
  1. 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。
  2. His next job is to get us to the World Cup finals...
     他接下来的任务是带领我们闯入世界杯决赛圈。
  3. Drinking a lot helps the kidneys do their job.
     多饮水有助于肾脏正常工作。
• N-SING （干得出色的）活儿
  If you say that someone is doing a goodjob, you mean that they are doing something well. In British English, you can also say that they are making a goodjobof something.
  1. 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。
  2. You've done a fine job with Billy and Joey.
     你和比利、乔伊一起干得非常出色。
• N-SING 难做的工作；非常费力的事
  If you say that you havea jobdoing something, you are emphasizing how difficult it is.
  1. 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。
  2. With all these different pensions, you're going to have a job to keep track.
     这么多不同种类的养老金，你想要了解可得费点劲儿。
• See also:jobbingday jobhatchet jobon-the-job
• PHRASE 为有关系的人安排的职位
  If you refer to work asjobs 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 正想要的东西；求之不得的东西
  If you say that something isjust the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 在工作；在干活儿；在工作岗位上
  If someone ison the job, they are actually doing a particular job or task.
  1. 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。
  2. There was no formal training; they learned on the job.
     并没有正式的培训；他们是边干边学的。
• it's a good job→ see:good

英英释义

noun

• a damaging piece of work
  1. dry rot did the job of destroying the barn
  2. the barber did a real job on my hair
• the performance of a piece of work
  1. she did an outstanding job as Ophelia
  2. he gave it up as a bad job
• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  1. he's not in my line of business
  Synonym:occupationbusinessline of workline
• the responsibility to do something
  1. it is their job to print the truth
• a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
  1. estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
  2. the job of repairing the engine took several hours
  3. the endless task of classifying the samples
  4. the farmer's morning chores
  Synonym:taskchore
• a crime (especially a robbery)
  1. the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
  Synonym:caper
• a workplace
• an object worked on
  1. he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
• (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
  1. she and her husband are having problems
  2. it is always a job to contact him
  3. urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
  Synonym:problem

verb

• invest at a risk
  1. 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
• work occasionally
  1. As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
• arranged for contracted work to be done by others
  Synonym:subcontractfarm out
• profit privately from public office and official business

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am luckier than most. I have a job
  我比大部分人幸运。我有份工作。
• Once I'm in America I can get a job
  我一到美国就能找到工作。
• I took a deathly dull job.
  我接受了一份极其枯燥的工作。
• I felt the pressure of being the first woman in the job.
  作为第一个从事这一工作的女性，我感到有压力。
• Drinking a lot helps the kidneys do their job.
  多饮水有助于肾脏正常工作。
• At my age I would find it hard to get another job
  到了我这个年纪自己就会发觉很难再找到一份工作了。
• His next job is to get us to the World Cup finals
  他接下来的任务是带领我们闯入世界杯决赛圈。