(1)工作，职业(位)(regular work or employment for which one is paid money)[C]：a part-time～非全日性工作;a government～-creation scheme 一项政府就业计划; create new～s 创造新的就业职位;get/look for/hunt for a～得到/寻找/寻找工作;have a～in a bank/bookstore 有一份银行/书店的工作;give up/lose one's～放弃工作/丢掉工作;take the～of foreign editor 接受外文编辑的工作;a～hunter 求职者;～safety/satisfaction 职业保障/补偿;～description工作说明;fill in a～application 填写工作申请;jobs for the boys (infml) 给追随左右支持自己的人的肥缺;〖同〗position，occupation，career，profession;

(2)一份活儿(工作)(single piece of work)[C]：It's his～to go and do the shopping. 他的活儿是去购物。get a～for sb 为某人找到一份工作;pay sb by the～计件付钱;I want a～，any sort of a～. 我需要份工作，任何活儿都行。different/repair～s 不同/修理的活儿;〖同〗 assignment，commission，piecework，lot;

(3)责任，任务，职责(anything one has to do;duty or responsibility)[C，通常sing]：It's his～to type the memo/entertain the guests. 他的任务就是打印备忘录/招待客人。Your～is to keep attendance. 你的任务就是保持出席率。〖同〗 work，task，responsibility，duty;

(4)犯罪行为(尤指盗窃，抢劫)(criminal deed，esp theft or robbery)[C](infml)：a bank～盗窃银行;pull a～进行抢劫;Tom got five years/was in prison for a～he did in London. 汤姆为曾在伦敦行窃而被判五年监禁/蹲监狱。

(5)难做的工作，困难的事(sth difficult to do)[C]：find it a～to make both ends meet 发觉很难使收支平衡;have a～finishing that piece of work on time 很难按时完成那份工作;It was a～finding his flat/to get him to agree. 很难找到他的住处/使他同意。

(6)干出的成果;产品(completed task or assignment)[C](infml)：a～well done 干得出色的工作;The new building is a big～. 这座新建筑确实大。The Ford of his is a beautiful～.他的福特车真漂亮。〖同〗output，product，accomplishment，achievement;

give sb/sth up as a bad job 对某人/某事不再抱有希望： Tom has given Mary up as a bad～.汤姆不再对玛丽抱有任何希望。

a good job 幸运事，令人满意的状况： He's gone，and a good～too! 他走了，太幸运了!

just the job 正是需要的东西： Thanks for that screw;it was just the～.谢谢你给我那颗螺丝，那正是我所需要的。

make a good/excellent/bad/poor job of sth 干得不错(差)： The builders have made a good～of it. 建筑工人干得非常好。

odd jobs 零碎(杂)活儿： He does odd～s for people in the neighbourhood.他为街坊四邻干杂活儿。

on the job 在工作(干活，忙着)： He received his most valuable training on the～. 他从工作中得到了最有价值的训练。

→′jobless adj 失业的;′joblessness n 失业;′jobcentre n 就业服务中心