英语词汇“job”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	job
释义	job I. \ˈjäb\ noun (-s) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English, lump, from Middle English jobbe, perhaps alteration of gobbe — more at gob 1. a. : a piece of work < did odd jobs for the neighborhood housewives > < gave up the marriage as a bad job > < the job before her, that of phrasing and rephrasing a fugue — Osbert Sitwell > < the bridge was a bigger and longer job than the firm expected > : performance, achievement < the new biography is a superb job > < too lazy to turn out an honest job > specifically : a small miscellaneous piece of work undertaken on order at a stated rate < have two offset jobs to print up today > < the car needed a brake job > b. : a quality, product, or result of work < do a better job next time > < a more uniform dye job is obtained in skeins — H.R.Mauersberger > c. : an example of a usually specified type : item < at the truck stop were three tractor-trailer jobs > < the blonde job sitting at the bar > 2. : something done for private advantage : deal; especially : a collusive piece of business < his appointment as judge was a flagrant job > < suspected the whole incident was a put-up job > 3. chiefly Britain : a state or turn of affairs : a piece of luck : thing — used with bad or good < it was a good job you didn't hit the old man — E.L.Thomas > 4. : a criminal enterprise; specifically : robbery < the gang that pulled the bank job > 5. a. : a regular remunerative employment : position, situation < got a part-time job as a waiter in a café > < holds a key job in the government > b. : a specific duty, role, or function : work customarily performed < the stokers' job was to feed coal into the furnaces > < the white blood cells … have the job of fighting infection — Morris Fishbein > < when more light is needed a stronger bulb will do the job > specifically : an activity or group of related activities contributing to a larger process < divide the manufacturing process into a number of carefully defined jobs assigned to individual workers > 6. : an undertaking requiring unusual exertion : effort < the radio whined so loud that it was a job to talk through it — Rose Macaulay > 7. : the object or material on which work is being done < held the job with tongs while he hammered it > 8. : the actual process of doing a piece of work : the activity of a job < learned plumbing on the job itself > < get on with the job of planning the trip > < stuck to the job till the tire was off > 9. : the area used in carrying on a job (as of construction) < lumber stored in piles on the job > 10. jobs plural : defective or slow-selling goods (as publishers' remainders) sold at reduced prices 11. slang : a thoroughly damaging piece of work : a job of destruction or disablement — usually used in the phrase do a job on < the collision really did a job on their car > < did a job on his rival in the third game, letting him score only one point > Synonyms: see task • - on the job II. verb (jobbed ; jobbed ; jobbing ; jobs) *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to do odd or occasional pieces of work for hire : work by the piece < supported himself by jobbing in local orchestras > b. : to do job work 2. a. : to direct or carry on public business so as to secure private advantage or graft b. : to seek or give a political favor in return for secret influence or graft < a bit of jobbing … got a grand jury presentment to make a road which served nobody's interest but his own — Samuel Lover > 3. : to carry on the business of a middleman : trade in wholesale lots < his company jobs and doesn't sell to the homeowner > *transitive verb* 1. : to buy and sell (as stock) or let (as a property) for profit : speculate 2. : to hire or let by the job or for a period of service < job a carriage for the time he would be in the city > 3. : to make a job of (a matter of public trust or duty) : get, deal with, or effect by jobbery 4. : to do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots : sublet < job the city paving to the lowest bidders > 5. : to do a job on : swindle, trick < claimed he had been jobbed out of the championship > : dispose of (as by political intrigue) < assured his election by jobbing his political rival > III. adjective 1. Britain : that is for hire by the job or for a given service or period < job carriage at 2 guineas a day > < a job gardener > 2. a. : used in or suitable for job work < job type > b. : engaged in job work < job printer > < job shop > c. : done as job work < job printing > 3. : of or relating to a job or to employment < guarantee of job security > < gloom in the job market > IV. verb (jobbed ; jobbed ; jobbing ; jobs) Etymology: Middle English jobben *intransitive verb* chiefly dialect : jab *transitive verb* 1. chiefly dialect : jab 2. chiefly Australia : to strike or hit especially with a heavy blow V. noun (-s) : a one-handed stroke used in field hockey by a tackler to push the ball away from an opponent's stick
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