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单词 mcjob
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McJobn.

Brit. /məkˈdʒɒb/, U.S. /məkˈdʒɑb/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name McDonald's , job n.2
Etymology: < Mc- (in the name of the McDonald's chain of fast-food restaurants (see McDonald's n.), popularly regarded as a source of such employment) + job n.2Used with allusion to the McDonald's Corporation's practice of using Mc- as an initial element in a range of proprietary product names, rather than a direct allusion to the programme mentioned in the following quotation:1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 29 July ii. 6/1 For instance, the McDonald's fast-food chain recently began a training program for the handicapped in the San Fernando Valley called McJobs. McDonald's has hired a dozen people after the two 10-week training programs held so far.
colloquial and depreciative (originally U.S.).
An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector.
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1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 24 Aug. c1 (heading) The fast-food factories: McJobs are bad for kids.
1991 D. Coupland Generation X i. i. 5 Dag..was bored and cranky after eight hours of working his McJob (‘Low pay, low prestige, low benefits, low future’).
1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 4 Apr. c3/2 So many bright and ambitious young people are wasting what should be their apprentice years in low-wage, low-skilled jobs, what are called ‘McJobs’.
1995 Face Jan. 91/2 Up to the beginning of this year he was painting houses for a living. Name a McJob and Beck has probably done it.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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