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单词 to make a good job of
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to make a good (also bad, etc.) job of
b. to make a good (also bad, etc.) job of: (with modifying adjective) to undertake or carry out with the specified result or level of success. See also to make a clean job (of it) at clean adj. 3g.
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?1745 Dr. Fitzpatrick Direct. to Mankind 63 Where a Felony can be compounded, with a round Allowance to you, and without Scandal or Risque, the Justice to yourself is to make a good Job of it.
1790 C. Lennox Euphemia 215 I fancy this fine man..will make a fine job of this.
1846 C. Rowcroft Fanny, Little Milliner 307 It should be right through the head—that settles at once, and makes a clean job of it.
1893 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Sun 23 Dec. That girl just gone by has made a bad job of her life, a bad mess of it.
1971 R. Rendell One Across v. 48 She's made a nice job of my hair, hasn't she? I wouldn't want Ethel to think I'd let myself go.
2005 Computer Buyer May 66/2 Consider cheaper, more conventional scanners that make a better job of the basics.
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