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work for which you receive regular payment 工作；職業；職位 I don't have a job at present. 目前沒有工作。 He's trying to get a job. 他正在找工作。 I'm thinking of applying for a new job. 我在考慮申請一份新工作。 to look for/find a job 尋找/找到工作 Did they offer you the job? 他們給你這個職位了嗎？ - job as something
She took a job as a waitress. 她找了個工作，當服務員。 - job with somebody/something
She's just started a job with a travel company. 她剛剛在一家旅遊公司開始工作。 His brother's just lost his job. 他的弟弟剛丢了工作。 to leave/quit your job 離職/辭職 Don't be late again if you want to keep your job. 如果你想保住工作，就不要再遲到了。 a temporary/permanent job 臨時／固定工作 a summer/Saturday/holiday/vacation job 暑期/周六/假日/假期工作 Both my parents have full-time jobs. 我父母都有全職工作。 Many women are in part-time jobs. 許多婦女都做的是兼職工作。 She's never had a steady job (= a job that is not going to end suddenly). 她從未有過穩定的工作。 It's one of the top jobs in management. 那是管理層最高級别的崗位之一。 - job of something
one of the people under consideration for the job of managing director 被考慮擔任總經理的人之一 - in a job
an increase in the number of people in jobs (= having jobs) 就業人數的增加 - out of a job
He's been out of a job (= unemployed) for six months now. 他已經失業六個月了。 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業。 There is so much competition in the job market currently. 目前就業市場競爭激烈。 He certainly knows his job (= is very good at his job). 他對自己的工作很在行。 I'm only doing my job (= I'm doing what I am paid to do). 我不過在做我分内的事。 These projects will help create jobs in rural areas. 這些項目將有助於在農村地區創造就業機會。 The alternative would have been to cut jobs to contain costs. 另一種選擇是裁員以控制成本。 The closure of the factory will mean the loss of over 800 jobs. 工廠的關閉將意味着800多個工作崗位的流失。
Synonyms jobjob- position
- post
- vacancy
- appointment
- job work for which you receive regular payment:
He’s trying to get a job in a bank. 他正設法在銀行找一個工作。
- position (rather formal
) a job: 指職位、職務： a senior position in a large corporation 在一家大公司的高級職務
job or position? 用 job 還是 position？ - post a job, especially an important one in a large organization:
a key post in the new government 在新政府中的要職
- vacancy a job that is available for somebody to do:
We have several vacancies for casual workers. 我們有幾個臨時工的空缺。
- appointment (rather formal, especially British English) a job or position of responsibility:
This is a permanent appointment, requiring commitment and hard work. 這是一個固定職位，需要專心致志和勤奮工作。
- a permanent/temporary job/position/post/vacancy/appointment
- a full-time/part-time job/position/post/vacancy/appointment
- to have/have got a(n) job/position/post/vacancy/appointment
- to apply for/fill a job/position/post/vacancy
- to resign from/leave/quit a job/position/post
CollocationsJobs 工作 Jobs 職業 Getting a job 找工作 - look for work
找工作 - look for/apply for/go for a job
找工作；申請一個職位；努力爭取工作 - get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
得到／拿到／完成／填寫申請（表） - send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
寄／通過電郵發送簡歷／申請／申請表／附函 - be called for/have/attend an interview
被要求參加／有／參加面試 - offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
給某人提供一份工作；僱用某人；提拔某人 - find/get/land a job
找到工作 - employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees
僱用員工／工人／實習生 - recruit/appoint a manager
招聘／任命經理
Doing a job 做工作 - arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
上／下班；到辦公室／工廠上班；從辦公室／工廠下班 - start/finish work/your shift
開始／結束工作／輪班工作時間 - do/put in/work overtime
加班 - have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
擁有／獲得／缺乏／需要經驗／資格 - do/get/have/receive training
做／得到／接受培訓 - learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
學習／偶然學會／提高／發展技能 - cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
應付／勉力完成／分擔／分攤工作量 - improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
達到更好的工作與生活的平衡 - have (no) job satisfaction/job security
有／沒有工作滿足感／職業保障
Building a career 建立職業生涯 - have a job/work/a career/a vocation
有工作／事業／職業 - find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
找到／從事／致力於／實踐適合自己的職業 - enter/go into/join a profession
加入一個行業 - choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
選擇／從事／開始／致力於一種職業 - change jobs/profession/career
換工作／行業／職業 - be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
做自由職業 - do/take on temp work/freelance work
做／開始從事臨時工作／特約工作 - do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
做／從事／參與義務性工作
Leaving your job 離職 - leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
離職；辭職 - give up work/your job/your career
放棄工作／事業 - hand in your notice/resignation
遞交辭呈 - plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
計劃／預計六月／明年等退休 - take early retirement
提前退休
Collocations UnemploymentUnemployment 失業 Losing your job 失業 - lose your job
失業 - (British English) become/be made redundant
被裁減 - be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
被要求／選擇自願裁退／提前退休 - face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
面臨被解職／被裁／強制裁員；受到解職／被裁／強制裁員的威脅 - dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
解僱僱員／工人／經理 - lay off staff/workers/employees
解僱員工／工人／僱員 - (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
縮減人員 - cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
裁減員工 - (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
裁員
Being unemployed 失業；待業；下崗 - be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
失業 - seek/look for work/employment
找工作 - be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
領取失業補助金 - be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
領取失業救濟金 - claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
領取失業救濟金 - be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
領取／有資格領取失業補償金 - be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
靠社會保障金過活 - collect/receive (North American English) welfare
領取社會保障金 - combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
防止／解決／減少失業
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea1, Jobsa1, Social issuesa1He gave up his job as a bank manager last year. 他去年放棄了銀行經理的工作。 She's hoping for a teaching job at the university. 她希望在大學裏找到一份教學工作。 Check our website for the latest job listings. 請浏覽我們的網站查看最新的招聘職位列表。 Despite the small number of applicants, they managed to find the right person for the job. 雖然求職人數很少，他們還是找到了適合這個崗位的人。 He moved to a better-paid job with another employer. 他跳槽換了一份薪水更高的工作。 He was forced to take a series of menial jobs. 他被迫去做了一連串瑣碎的工作。 He was tempted to give up freelancing and get a regular job. 他很想放棄現在的自由職業而找一份固定的工作。 He'd done lots of part-time work, but this was his first proper job. 他做過許多兼職，但這是他的第一份正式工作。 He's always had difficulty holding down a job. 他總是難以保住工作。 He's just landed himself a highly paid job in banking. 他剛剛在銀行業謀得了一份高薪工作。 His father found him a cushy job in the office, with almost nothing to do and a big salary. 他父親給他在辦事處找了份輕鬆的工作，幾乎無所事事卻薪水豐厚。 His job title is Chief Hygiene Operative. 他的職位名稱是衛生工作主任。 It is hoped that the development will create new jobs in the region. 希望此項開發能爲該地區創造新的就業崗位。 It's important to devise a job search strategy when looking for work. 找工作的時候設計一套求職戰略是很重要的。 Management are hoping to shed 200 jobs. 管理層希望削減200 個工作崗位。 She was dismissed from her job after only six months. 僅 6 個月之後她就被辭退了。 She's starting a new job on Monday. 星期一她將開始一份新的工作。 The company is hoping to shed 200 jobs. 該公司希望削減 200 個工作崗位。 The deal between the union and management should safeguard 6 000 jobs. 工會與資方達成的協議應該能保住 6,000 個工作崗位。 The introduction of job sharing could prevent the need for job losses. 實行工作分享制可以避免裁員。 The job doesn't pay very well. 這份工作報酬不太高。 The plum jobs all went to friends of the prime minister. 美差都派給了首相的朋友們。 There is an enormous job market for teachers at the moment. 目前教師就業市場需求旺盛。 What would be your dream job? 你理想的工作是什麽？ Within weeks of graduation she had several job offers. 畢業後幾個星期内她就得到了幾個工作機會。 Workers questioned rated job security as being more important than high salary. 接受詢問的工人認爲工作穩定比高薪更重要。 a desk job in the housing department 住房部的案頭工作
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- decent
- good
- great
- …
- have
- carry out
- do
- …
- pay
- disappear
- go
- …
- search
- ad
- advertisement
- …
- in a/the job
- on the job
- out of a job
- …
- change jobs
- move jobs
- a loss of jobs
- …
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a particular task or piece of work that you have to do （一項）任務；（一件）工作，活兒，事情 I've got various jobs around the house to do. 我在家裏有各種各樣的活兒要幹。 Sorting these papers out is going to be a long job. 整理這些文件是很費工夫的事。 The builder has a couple of jobs on at the moment. 目前這家建築商有幾項工程在進行。 - job of doing something
She's taken on the job of organizing the Christmas party. 她承擔起了組織聖誕聚會的任務。
Extra ExamplesCooper had the unenviable job of announcing the bad news. 庫珀領受了負責宣布壞消息這個沒人願意幹的差事。 They gave me the tough job of telling applicants that they'd been rejected. 他們把難辦的差事交給了我，要我通知求職者他們的申請被拒了。 I want to get on with the job of painting my room today. 我想今天繼續粉刷我的房間。 I was very pleased with the way she handled the job. 我對她處理工作的方式很滿意。 Keeping the house clean can be a thankless job. 保持房屋清潔可是份受累不討好的差事。 We finished the job in five hours. 我們用時 5 小時完成了任務。 We're hoping to get the job done this weekend. 我們希望本周末把這活兒幹完。 fiddly little jobs like wiring plugs 給插頭接線之類的麻煩活兒 Bringing up kids is a full-time job. 帶孩子是一個全職工作。 Changing the oil in your car can be a tedious and dirty job. 給你的汽車換油可能是一項乏味而肮髒的工作。 I'm not sure I'll be able to get the job done in the time. 我不能肯定我能及時完成這項工作。 My dad's always giving me loads of jobs to do. 我爸爸總是給我很多工作要做。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- adequate
- decent
- good
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
- job in
- job on
- get the job done
- make a good, poor, etc. job of something
- odd jobs
- …
- [usually singular] (rather informal)
a responsibility or duty 責任；職責 - (informal)
a crime, especially stealing 犯罪行爲（尤指偷竊） a bank job 銀行搶劫案 He got six months for that last job he did. 他上次犯罪獲刑 6 個月。 an inside job (= done by somebody in the organization where the crime happens) 内部人員作的案 The gang bungled the job and got caught. 這個團夥因罪行敗露而被捕。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bank
- inside
- do
- bungle
- (informal)
a particular kind of thing 東西；物件 an item of work that is done by a computer as a single unit （作爲一個單元處理的）作業，工作 The job can be processed overnight. 這個活兒連夜就可以處理完。
paid work有酬工作
task任務
duty職責
crime罪行
object物體
computing計算機技術
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the noun): of unknown origin.
Idioms
asleep on the job | asleep at the wheel
(North American English also asleep at the switch)
not paying enough attention to what you need to do 在工作中睡着了| 在方向盤上睡着了： 沒有對需要做的事給予足夠的重視They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened. 随着金融危機的加深，他們在工作中睡着了。 Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel. 讓我們希望監管者不是在開車時睡着了。 Someone must have been asleep at the switch to alow this to happen. 發生這種事時，一定有人在睡覺。
a devil of a job/time
do a good, bad, etc. job (on something) | make a good, bad, etc. job of something
to do something well, badly, etc. 幹得好（或差等）；將…辦好（或壞等） They did a very professional job. 他們幹得非常内行。 You've certainly made an excellent job of the kitchen (= for example, painting it). 你們把廚房弄得好極了。 We haven’t done a very good job on the publicity for the show. 我們沒有爲這個節目做好宣傳工作。
Extra ExamplesShe made a very good job of covering up the damage. 她把破損處掩蓋得很好。 They've done a poor job of managing their finances. 他們的財務管理一塌糊塗。 You've done a good job on the car. 你把車子弄得很好。 You've done a grand job with that decorating. 你裝修任務完成得很好。 The author has done an admirable job in compiling all this material. 作者匯編了所有這些材料，真令人贊歎。
do the job
- (informal)
to be effective or successful in doing what you want 起作用；有效 This extra strong glue should do the job. 這種超黏度膠應該管用。 Try wedging it open—that should do the job. 找個楔子把它撐開 － 應該管用。
give somebody/something up as a bad job
- (informal)
to decide to stop trying to help somebody or to do something because there is no hope of success 對…不再抱有希望；因沒有希望而決定放棄
good job!
- (especially North American English, informal)
used to tell somebody that they have done well at something 幹得不錯；辦得好；好呀
a good job
have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do something
to have difficulty doing something 幹某事很困難（或很吃力、很費力） You'll have a job convincing them that you're right. 要讓他們信服你是對的還要費點勁。 He had a hard job to make himself heard. 他好不容易才使别人聽見他的聲音。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec2He'll have a tough job getting the team into shape in time. 他將面臨一項艱巨的任務，即及時組建團隊。 It's very dark out there, you'll have a job to see anything. 外面很黑，你有工作可以看任何東西。
a job of work
jobs for the boys
- (British English, informal, disapproving)
people use the expression jobs for the boys when they are criticizing the fact that somebody in power has given work to friends or relatives 爲親信安排的工作（或職位）；任人唯親
just the job (British English)
(also just the ticket North American English, British English)
- (informal, approving)
exactly what is needed in a particular situation 正需要的東西；求之不得的東西 That cup of tea was just the job. 那杯茶來得正是時候。
make the best of something/it | make the best of things | make the best of a bad job
to accept a bad or difficult situation and do as well as you can 盡力而爲
more than your job’s worth (to do something)
- (British English, informal)
not worth doing because it is against the rules or because it might cause you to lose your job 工作所不允許的事；違反原則的事；可能丢飯碗的事
on the job
walk off the job
- (North American English)
to stop working in order to go on strike （離開崗位）罷工