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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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