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job

/ˈʤɑːb/

US UK

noun

plural jobs

[count] the work that a person does regularly in order to earn money

He took/got a job as a waiter.

She has a high-paying job on Wall Street.

She's trying to get/land/find a job in New York.

The new factory will create thousands of jobs.

They offered him the job but he turned it down.

a part-time/full-time job

a job interview/offer/description

job-hunting

job-hunters

My teenage son is looking for a summer job. [=a job for the summer only]

If the restaurant closes, she'll lose her job. = If the restaurant closes, she'll be out of a job. [=she will no longer have a job]

Although he plays music at night, he hasn't been able to give up his day job. [=the regular job that he does during the day]

You shouldn't blame her for what happened. She was just/only doing her job. [=she was doing things that her job requires her to do]

We wouldn't be having these problems if everyone had just done their job/jobs. [=if everyone had properly done the work they were supposed to do]

a duty, task, or function that someone or something has

It was your job to mow the lawn. = You had the job of mowing the lawn.

The blood's job is to carry oxygen to the different parts of the body.

When I asked her to clean up the mess, she said, That's not my job. [=I'm not supposed to do that]

Construction of the bridge turned out to be a bigger job than they had expected.

a small job

It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

The computer was processing a print job. [=the computer was printing a document or file]

The car needs a brake/valve job. [=the car needs to have its brakes/valves repaired]

Odd jobs are small tasks of different kinds that are not planned and do not happen regularly.

He does odd jobs around the farm. <SYNR

synonyms see1task</SYNR

used to describe how well or badly something has been done

Whoever planned the party did a good/great job. [=that person planned the party very well]

He did a bad job of explaining his reasons. [=he did not explain his reasons well]

I finished the project ahead of schedule. Good job!

The phrase a good job is used in informal British English to refer to something fortunate.

It's a good job I had my seat belt on! = I had my seat belt onand a good job, too! [=it's good/lucky for me that I had my seat belt on]

The phrase a bad job is used in informal British English to refer to something that is very difficult or impossible to do.

I tried my best to persuade him, but in the end I gave it up as a bad job. [=I stopped trying to do it because it could not be done]

something that requires very great effort

It was a real job to talk over all that noise.

informal :a thing of some kind

I bought one of those little quilted jobs [=items, numbers] at the craft fair.

informal :a criminal act such as robbery

They've finally caught the gang that pulled the bank job. [=the gang that robbed the bank]

Police suspect that the bank robbery may have been an inside job. [=that the bank robbery was done by or with the help of someone who works in the bank] - see also hatchet job, nose job, put-up job

do a job on

US informal :to damage (something or someone) badly

The collision really did a job on their car.

Moving all that furniture did a job on my back.

do the job

informal :to achieve a desired result

The new system isn't working yet, but a few more adjustments ought to do the job. [=do the trick]

fall down on the job

xem fall

on the job

while working on a job

He was injured on the job.

New employees are given on-the-job training.

Brit slang :having sex

They were in the back room, on the job.

walk off the/your job

xem walk

* Các từ tương tự:
job action, job lot, job sharing