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单词 to make a job of
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to make a job of
a. to make a job of and variants: to carry out or manage successfully; to undertake in a serious or professional manner.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)]
shift?1533
to pass muster1573
to give a good account of (something, often oneself)1601
to hit off1700
to make a job of1736
to make a do of1834
to make a go of it1836
cut1900
1736 W. Arnall Complaint Children of Israel (ed. 2) 38 We think ourselves as well qualified to govern Corporations, to sit in that grave Assembly the City Common-Council, and to make a Jobb of My Lord Mayor's House as the most religious elder of Salters Hall.
1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond I. xvi. 362 Cousin Ulick would make a job of a bishop, but I would not.
a1829 J. Everett Entire Santification (1831) 6 The Lord's a wonderful teicher,—wen he undertaks onny thing he can sooin mak a job on't.
1855 J. L. Motley Let. 3 Mar. in Corr. (1889) I. vi. 172 I should not like him to read it till he can do it all at once, and make a job of it.
1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren (1956) 20 He had made a job of it all right; I could visualise the production line..when this place was going full blast.
2001 K. Barry in M. Hickey Irish Days (2004) 39 She handed over the bar to me. I said to Mother.., ‘We'll make a job of this, now.’ Which we did do... We had a big cellar, all shelved, and I used to bottle ahead of myself to get the beer into condition.
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