job

1. N-COUNT A job is the work that someone does to earn money. 工作

Once I'm in Miami I can get a job. 一旦我到了迈阿密就能找到工作。

Thousands have lost their jobs. 数千人都丢了工作。

2. N-COUNT A job is a particular task. 任务

He said he hoped that the job of putting together a coalition wouldn't take too much time. 他说他希望结成联盟这项任务不会花太长时间。

3. N-COUNT The job of a particular person or thing is their duty or function. 职责

Their main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness. 他们的主要职责是保健而不是治病。

His first job will be to try and get talks going between the two sides. 他的首要职责将是设法让双方的谈话进行下去。

4. N-SING If you say that someone is doing a good job, you mean that they are doing something well. 活儿

We could do a far better job of managing it than they have. 我们会比他们管理得好得多。

5. N-SING If you say that you have a job doing something, you are emphasizing how difficult it is. 难做的事情[强调]

He may have a hard job selling that argument to investors. 他要让投资者们接受那一观点可能是件难事。

6. PHRASE If someone is on the job, they are actually doing a particular job or task. 在职; 在岗

The top pay scale after five years on the job would reach $5.00 an hour. 从事这一工作５年后最高薪金等级可达每小时$5。

7. the job in hand→see hand