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单词 part-time
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Definition of part-time in English:

part-time

adverb & adjective pɑːtˈtʌɪmˈpɑrt ˈˌtaɪm
  • For only part of the usual working day or week.

    as adjective part-time jobs
    a part-time teacher
    as adverb he only worked part-time
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She even managed to work part-time as a teacher and gained a job at the University of York after her release.
    • They enjoyed it so much that they've decided to make it a full or part-time business.
    • In Scotland that might mean utilising councillors and MEPs in a part-time capacity.
    • Mr Clarke worked as a part-time security guard at Somerfield in the town and his wife was a childminder.
    • The number of part-time workers had also risen faster than those employed full-time.
    • After studying Italian part-time at Bury College he moved to Italy to further his studies.
    • He was hoping to take a part-time job to look after his mother and will now have to find another full-time job.
    • Bridget had to give up work as a part-time cleaner and cook in the local convent when she got sick.
    • The change would be a good deal for people who work part-time at the end of their working life or have a low final salary.
    • It has also doubled the workforce and now employs eight full-time and two part-time staff.
    • The case was tried by a local part-time Justice of the Peace who ran a grocery store.
    • Even with his wife working part-time the family struggled to make ends meet.
    • Mr Power was to have taken on the part-time role as head of its music festivals arm.
    • More and more colleges are dependent on lecturers on part-time or temporary contracts.
    • A year in Prague led to a part-time teaching post in the same subject at Edinburgh University.
    • It is a part-time occupation requiring five to 10 days a month attending to duties.
    • He said he will miss repairing damaged sewing machines most, but hopes to keep his hand in part-time.
    • There is a middle aged man on my course who attends Wednesday evening lectures as a part-time student.
    • He took a part-time job as a teacher in a girls school in Leiden which gave him sufficient money to allow him to rent a room.
    • He was now working as finance officer for a local voluntary sector trust, but only on a part-time basis.
    Synonyms
    freelance, independent, one's own boss, working for oneself, casual

Derivatives

  • part-timer

  • noun ˌpɑːtˈtʌɪməˌpɑrtˈtaɪmər
    • Many are only part-timers and have other incomes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Job security is a pretty good reason to get riled up if I ever heard one; but there are part-timers in many other provinces and they are extremely beneficial.
      • No, Brown's not a freelancer or a part-timer or a telecommuter.
      • Since its launch in June 2003, the business has steadily grown and today supports one full-time worker and two part-timers in addition to the partners.
      • While it might be that many part-timers apparently have more energy than full-time teachers, many are shoddily treated and just as exhausted - if not more.

Rhymes

begrime, Chaim, chime, climb, clime, crime, dime, grime, half-time, I'm, lime, mime, mistime, prime, rhyme, rime, slime, sublime, sub-prime, thyme, time
 
 

Definition of part-time in US English:

part-time

adverb & adjectiveˈpɑrt ˈˌtaɪm
  • For only part of the usual working day or week.

    as adjective part-time jobs
    a part-time teacher
    as adverb he only worked part-time
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr Clarke worked as a part-time security guard at Somerfield in the town and his wife was a childminder.
    • He was now working as finance officer for a local voluntary sector trust, but only on a part-time basis.
    • After studying Italian part-time at Bury College he moved to Italy to further his studies.
    • It is a part-time occupation requiring five to 10 days a month attending to duties.
    • There is a middle aged man on my course who attends Wednesday evening lectures as a part-time student.
    • He took a part-time job as a teacher in a girls school in Leiden which gave him sufficient money to allow him to rent a room.
    • It has also doubled the workforce and now employs eight full-time and two part-time staff.
    • Mr Power was to have taken on the part-time role as head of its music festivals arm.
    • He was hoping to take a part-time job to look after his mother and will now have to find another full-time job.
    • The number of part-time workers had also risen faster than those employed full-time.
    • He said he will miss repairing damaged sewing machines most, but hopes to keep his hand in part-time.
    • A year in Prague led to a part-time teaching post in the same subject at Edinburgh University.
    • Bridget had to give up work as a part-time cleaner and cook in the local convent when she got sick.
    • More and more colleges are dependent on lecturers on part-time or temporary contracts.
    • Even with his wife working part-time the family struggled to make ends meet.
    • In Scotland that might mean utilising councillors and MEPs in a part-time capacity.
    • The case was tried by a local part-time Justice of the Peace who ran a grocery store.
    • She even managed to work part-time as a teacher and gained a job at the University of York after her release.
    • They enjoyed it so much that they've decided to make it a full or part-time business.
    • The change would be a good deal for people who work part-time at the end of their working life or have a low final salary.
    Synonyms
    freelance, independent, one's own boss, working for oneself, casual
 
 
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