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have/get a job
She got a job as a teacher.
她得到了一份教师的工作。
工作；职业
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工作；职业
paid employment; the activity by which you earn money
She got a job as a teacher.
她得到了一份教师的工作。
一项任务。
A task.
在巨大不幸面前表现出非凡耐心的人。
A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of great misfortune.
生活中用来挣钱的主要活动。
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
个人获得报酬的经济角色。
An economic role for which a person is paid.
She got a new job as a software engineer last month.
上个月她找到了一份软件工程师的新工作。
AI contextual example
It's my job to clean the kitchen every evening.
每晚打扫厨房是我的任务。
AI contextual example
He left his job and started his own business.
他辞去了工作，开始自己创业。
AI contextual example
estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
该市在那项工程上的损失估计高达一百万美元。
WordNet
She got a job as a teacher.
她得到了一份教师的工作。
He applied for a job at the company.
他向那家公司申请了一份工作。
指完成某项任务的质量。
You did an excellent job on the project.
你在这个项目上做得非常出色。
表示在工作期间或在工作岗位上。
She learned many skills on the job.
她在工作中学到了许多技能。
Not this
I need to find a work.
Use this
I need to find a job.
“work”作‘工作’解时是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词“a”；而“job”是可数名词，可用“a job”表示‘一份工作’。
Not this
He applied a new job.
Use this
He applied for a new job.
英语中表达‘申请工作’需用短语“apply for a job”，介词“for”不可省略；直译汉语‘申请工作’易漏掉介词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
找到工作
She finally got a job as a teacher.
她终于找到了一份教师工作。
失业
He lost his job when the company closed.
公司倒闭时他失业了。
求职面试
I have a job interview tomorrow morning.
我明天上午有个求职面试。
就业市场
The job market is very competitive now.
现在的就业市场竞争非常激烈。
辞职
She quit her job to travel around the world.
她辞了职去环游世界。
工作满意度
Job satisfaction is more important than salary to many people.
对很多人来说，工作满意度比薪水更重要。
毁坏；欺骗
The kids really did a job on the living room.
孩子们把客厅弄得一团糟。
正是所需之物
This screwdriver is just the job for tightening the screws.
这把螺丝刀正是拧螺丝所需的工具。
一项任务；一份工作
Cleaning the attic will be a job of work.
清理阁楼将是一项艰巨的任务。
我不干了
He decided to quit his job because of the toxic environment.
他决定辞掉工作，因为环境太糟糕了。
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Job 发音类似中文‘找吧’，联想找工作。
register: neutral; contexts: general work, task; note_zh: 作为名词，"job"通常指工作或任务，适用于多种正式和非正式场合。
All six words (rob, mob, lob, bob, cob, sob) rhyme with job: they share the same vowel /ɒ/ (or /ɑ/ in American) and final consonant /b/. Beware of lookalikes like 'jog' or 'jot' which have different final consonants.
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