work as a temporary
temporary 作名词指临时工，表示身份时前面常用 as 引出。
She worked as a temporary at an office for two months.
她在一间办公室做了两个月的临时工。
临时工；临时雇员
temporaries — plural of temporary
临时变量；中间变量；临时雇用的工人(尤其是办公室)；临时变量；临时雇员；[计] 临时
a worker, especially in an office, employed for a limited period
临时工
One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.
临时雇用的工人(尤其是办公室)
a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
临时变量
A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.
The office hired a temporary to cover the receptionist's maternity leave.
办公室雇了一名临时工来顶替接待员的产假。
用法提示：这里的 temporary 是名词，指临时雇员。
She worked as a temporary for two months before getting a permanent contract.
在拿到正式合同前，她当了两个月的临时工。
用法提示：temporary 作名词，表示临时工作人员。
The agency sent three temporaries to help with the data entry this week.
中介这周派了三名临时工来帮忙录入数据。
用法提示：temporaries 是 temporary 的复数形式，用作名词。
temporary 作名词指临时工，表示身份时前面常用 as 引出。
She worked as a temporary at an office for two months.
她在一间办公室做了两个月的临时工。
作可数名词，指雇来短期工作的雇员，尤指办公室职员。
The company hired a temporary to cover the summer holidays.
公司雇了一名临时工来应付暑假期间的工作。
复数形式是 temporaries，可指多名临时工。
Many firms take on temporaries during the holiday season.
许多公司在假期期间聘用临时工。
在计算机领域，temporary 也指存放中间结果的临时变量。
The compiler uses a temporary to store the intermediate result.
编译器用一个临时变量来存储中间结果。
grammar · medium
易错句子I work as temporary.
正确表达I work as a temporary.
英语中可数名词单数前通常需要冠词（a/an/the）。temporary 作名词指“临时工”时是可数名词，此处应用 a temporary。汉语无冠词，学习者易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company hired three temporarys.
正确表达The company hired three temporaries.
以“辅音字母+y”结尾的名词变复数时，要变 y 为 i 再加 -es，而不是直接加 -s，所以 temporary 的复数是 temporaries。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is temporary.
正确表达She is a temporary.
temporary 作名词表示“临时工”时是可数名词，前面需要冠词 a；若不加冠词，temporary 就是形容词，意为“暂时的”，句子意思会变成“她是暂时的”。
做临时工
She works as a temporary at a law firm.
她在一家律师事务所做临时工。
雇用临时工
The company hires temporaries during busy seasons.
公司在旺季雇用临时工。
办公室临时工
The office temporary answered phones and filed documents.
办公室临时工接电话和整理文件。
使用临时变量
Use a temporary to store the intermediate result.
使用一个临时变量来存储中间结果。
tempor-（时间）+ -ary（……的）
con-（共同）+ tempor-（时间）+ -ary（……的）
tempor-（时间）+ -al（……的）
劳务中介或职业介绍所，常为临时工安排工作。
临时工常被派往某个短期任务或岗位。
临时聘用通常有明确期限的合同。
找临时工作时也需要提交简历展示经历。
临时职位的招聘通常也会安排面试环节。
权宜之计；临时解决办法
The patch is only a temporary fix; we need to rewrite the whole system.
这个补丁只是权宜之计，我们需要重写整个系统。
临时措施；权宜之计
Candlelight was used as a temporary measure during the power cut.
停电期间，蜡烛被用作临时措施。
暂时的挫折
Losing that match was a temporary setback, not the end of our season.
输掉那场比赛只是暂时的挫折，并不是我们赛季的终结。
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