释义
[ on -th uh -job, awn - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɒn ðəˌdʒɒb, ˈɔn- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective done, received, or happening while in actual performance of one's work: on-the-job training.
Origin of on-the-job First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby on-the-job on the horns of a dilemma, on the hour, on the house, on the increase, on the inside, on-the-job , on the lam, on the level, on the line, on the lines of, on the lookout
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Example sentences from the Web for on-the-job With the right person in the right job, the need for on-the-job support is diminished.
Hiring People With Disabilities Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good for Business | Elizabeth Picciuto| October 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In the process, we've shut down other, traditional sources of mobility, like on-the-job experience.
Higher Education and Earnings: Now With Graphs | Megan McArdle| February 20, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Human capital, for example, is built through public education, private education, and on-the-job training in the private sector.
America's Investment Crisis | Jeffrey Sachs| October 7, 2010| DAILY BEAST
Few workers have professional school training; most acquire their skills through short courses or on-the-job training.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
On-the-job training, however, does provide a means for mobility within the industrial labor force.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
It's just on-the-job training—you go out with old officers and learn how to dust for prints and take pictures and fingerprints.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
They found the on-the-job engineering office for the ship in a small dome half a mile from the construction dock.
The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam Piper
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Idioms and Phrases with on-the-job 1 At work, busy, as in We've got three men on the job . [Late 1800s]
2 Paying close attention, alert, as in Trust Jim to find out the details—he's always on the job .
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