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单词 by the job
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by the job
P3. by the job: on the basis of payment for individual pieces of work, rather than of continuous employment; also in extended use, frequently depreciatively implying reduced quality or a lack of commitment.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [phrase] > piecemeal > a small piece of work at a time
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on the job1834
1733 G. Berkeley Let. to Tom Prior 1 May in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. Berkeley (1871) 207 I do not design to hire one [gardener]..but only employ him by the job.
1792 ‘P. Pindar’ Tears of St. Margaret (new ed.) 35 I thank my stars, I am not like the mob, Whom Nature fabricated by the job.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. iv. 97 Creatures—things—made of bad material, put badly together; built by the job.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xviii. 351 The teacher said he was paid by the job.
1926 M. R. Dobie tr. G. Glotz Anc. Greece at Work iv. 31 The conditions of engagement varied at the will of the parties. Certain work was done by the job.
1996 J. Morgan Debrett's New Guide Etiquette & Mod. Manners 298 Cleaning agencies..who take on contract cleaning which is also charged on an hourly basis or by the job.
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