Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #272
Job
工作;职业
paid employment; the activity by which you earn money
- 1.
A task.
一项任务。
- 2.
A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of great misfortune.
在巨大不幸面前表现出非凡耐心的人。
- 3.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
生活中用来挣钱的主要活动。
- 4.
An economic role for which a person is paid.
个人获得报酬的经济角色。
- 5.
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
作为职责或为特定费用而需要完成的特定工作。
- 6.
Plastic surgery.
整形手术。
- 7.
a workplace; as in the expression
工作场所;如短语中所示
- 8.
A sex act.
性行为。
- 9.
A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
批处理模式下(尤其在大型计算机上)执行的一项或一系列任务。
- 10.
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
为私利而进行的公开交易;表面上是公务的一部分,实则为私利;腐败的官方事务。
- 11.
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
影响个人的任何事务或事件,无论好坏。
任务;活儿;差事;工作场所;整容手术;整形手术;(计算机)批处理作业;作业;事情;事件;遭遇
In use
She got a new job as a software engineer last month.
It's my job to clean the kitchen every evening.
He left his job and started his own business.
estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
the job of repairing the engine took several hours
on the job
have/get a job
She got a job as a teacher.
她得到了一份教师的工作。
apply for a job
Connections
Collocations
- get a job
- 找到工作
- She finally got a job as a teacher.她终于找到了一份教师工作。
- lose one's job
- 失业
- He lost his job when the company closed.公司倒闭时他失业了。
- job interview
- 求职面试
- I have a job interview tomorrow morning.我明天上午有个求职面试。
- job market
- 就业市场
- The job market is very competitive now.现在的就业市场竞争非常激烈。
- quit a job
- 辞职
- She quit her job to travel around the world.她辞了职去环游世界。
- job satisfaction
- 工作满意度
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Job 发音类似中文‘找吧’,联想找工作。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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