/dʒɒb ||; dʒɑb/noun[C] 1 the work that you do regularly to earn money 职业；工作: She took/got a job as a waitress. 她找了个女服务员的工作。A lot of people will lose their jobsif the factory closes. 要是那工厂倒闭，许多人会失去工作。
We look for, apply for or find a job. A job can be well paid / highly paid or badly paid / low-paid. A job can be full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary. Job sharing is becoming popular with people who want to work part-time. 找工作叫look for a job；申请工作叫apply for a job；找到工作叫find a job。高薪工作可以用well paid或highly paid形容；低薪的就说badly paid或low-paid。工作又分全职的(full-time)或兼职、半职的(part-time)、固定的(permanent)或临时的(temporary)。两人分担一份全职工作(job sharing)日渐受不想全职工作的人士欢迎。 ☞Look at the note at work. 参看work的注译 。 2 a task or a piece of work 任务；工作: I always have a lot of jobs to do in the house at weekends. 每到周末我总要做很多家务。The garage has done a good/bad job on our car. 我们的汽车在修车厂修了一下，修得不错╱很差。
3 [usu.sing] a duty or responsibility 责任；职责: It's not his job to tell us what we can and can't do. 告诉我们可以做什么，不可以做什么，不是他的分内事。
do the job/trick(
informal 非正式) to get the result that is wanted 达到所要求或期望的效果:
This extra strong glue should do the job. 用这种加强强力胶一黏该就行了。 have a hard job to do sth/doing sth→
HARD¹
it's a good job(
spoken 口语) it is a good or lucky thing 好事；幸运事:
It's a good job you reminded me -- I had completely forgotten! 幸亏你提醒我，我已经完全忘了！ just the job/ticket(
informal 非正式) exactly what is needed in a particular situation 正是需要的东西:
This dress will be just the job for Helen's party. 这条连衣裙正好穿着去参加海伦的舞会。 make a bad, good, etc job of sth to do sth badly, well, etc 做得不好╱好…
make the best of a bad job→
BEST³
out of a job without paid work 失业
[SYN] A more formal word is unemployed. 较正式的用语为unemployed。