4N-SING [usually adjective NOUN](干得出色的)活儿 If you say that someone is doing a good job, you mean that they are doing something well. In British English, you can also say that they are making a good job of something. (干得出色的)活儿
We could do a far better job of managing it than they have. [+ of]
我们会比他们经营得好得多。
You've done a fine job with Billy and Joey.
你和比利、乔伊一起干得非常出色。
5N-SING [usu N -ing, NOUN to-infinitive]难做的工作;非常费力的事 If you say that you have a job doing something, you are emphasizing how difficult it is. 难做的工作;非常费力的事 [emphasis]
He may have a hard job selling that argument to investors.
他可能得磨破嘴皮才能让投资者接受那个观点。
With all these different pensions, you're going to have a job to keep track.
7PHRASE 为有关系的人安排的职位 If you refer to work as jobs for the boys, you mean that the work is unfairly given to someone's friends, supporters, or relations, even though they may not be the best qualified people to do it. 为有关系的人安排的职位 [British, disapproval]
The Party has been accused of creating a 'jobs for the boys' system of government.
8PHRASE 正想要的东西;求之不得的东西 If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed. 正想要的东西;求之不得的东西 [British, informal]
Not only is it just the job for travelling, but it's handy for groceries too. [+ for]
9PHRASE 在工作;在干活儿;在工作岗位上 If someone is on the job, they are actually doing a particular job or task. 在工作;在干活儿;在工作岗位上
The top pay scale after five years on the job would reach $5.00 an hour.
在这个岗位干上5年后,最高薪酬可达每小时5美元。
There was no formal training; they learned on the job.
并没有正式的培训;他们是边干边学的。
10it's a good job→see: good the job in hand→see: hand
Quotations
If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a jobMalcolm S. Forbes
Everyone sees life through their job. To the doctor the world is a hospital, to the broker it is a stock exchange, to the lawyer a vast criminal courtAlasdair GrayJanine
McJob: A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sectorDouglas CouplandGeneration X
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employment, occupation, profession, vocation, work 1