jive /d3aiv/ noun, verb
9 noun 1 [U, sing.] a fast
dance to music with a strong beat, especially popular in the l9S〇s 牛仔舞，捷舞（节
奏快而强劲，20世纪50年代尤为流行> 2[U](AMmf, nonsense 胡说；废话；蠢话：to
taHc jfve胡说八道
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verb 1 [VT to dance to jazz or rock and roll
music
跳 牛仔舞 2 [\/，VN] (NAmE, old-fashioned, informal) to try
to make
sb believe sth that is not true 欺骗；政瞒 PHTI
KID
\nrabbr.
= Jr
Job /d3aub; NAmE dzoubI noun ITiTBl the patience
of 'Job the
fact of being extremely patient and not complaining 极其耐心；」平气和：Ybu need the patience of Job to deal with some of our
customers. ^ 们的一些顾客打交道需要有极大的耐心。ESEElFrom Job, a man in the Bible who
experienced much suffering, including losing his family, his home and his
possessions, but continued to believe in and trust God. 源自《圣经》人物约伯（Job )，虽历经失去家人、家园和
>财产等磨难，依然坚持信，奉上帝。
j〇b /d3Db; d3a:b/ /7〇w/i
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PAID WORK 有.酬工作 1
work for which you receive regular payment 工作；职业；职位：He’s t/ying to get a
job.他it在找工作。◊ She toofc aj’ob as a waitress.她找
了个工#,当服基员。◊ ffis brother’s just
tost his job•他 舍兑弟如丢了工作。〇a summer/hoHday/Saturday/ vacation job暑期/假日/周六/假期工作◊ a temporary/permanent j.ob 临时 / 固定工■作◊ I’m t/u'nfcing o/applying/ora nevvjob.我在考虑申请一份新
工作。◊ 77ie tafceover 〇/ the
company is boimd to mea/i more job tosses.公司被接管必然意味着更多人要失业。◊ Mmy women are
inpart-time jobs.许多妇女都是非全职
工作。◊ Did they o^fer
you t/ie job ?他们给袜这个职佥
了吗？ ◊ He certafnZy
fcnows his job (= is very good at his job).他对自己的工作很在行。◊ I’m onZy doing
my job (= I’m doing what I am paid to do).我不过在做我^ 内的事。◊ ffe’s been out o/ajob (= unemployed) /or six: months now.他已经失业六个月了。◊ She’s never /iad
a steady job (= a job that is not
going to end suddenly). 她从未有过稳定的工作。
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TASK 任务 2 a
particular task or piece of work that you
SYNONYMS同义词辨析
post * position ♦
vacancy ♦ placement ♦ appointment ♦ opening
These
are all words for a position doing work for which you receive regular payment.以上各词均表示工作、职
位。
job a position doing work
for which you receive regular payment 指工作、职业、职位：He’s fry/ng to /n 他正设法在银行找一个工作。
post a job, especially an
important one in a large organization指职位，尤指大机构的要职：a key post />» 叻e zievv go\/e/77/??enf在新政府中的要职 position {rather formal) a job ?H#： a senior
pos/Y/’on
/’/? a /flfge corporaf/ofl在一家大公司的高级职务
JOB
OR POSITION?用 job 还是 position
?
Position
usually refers to a particular job within an organization, especially at a high
level, and is not usually used about jobs generally. It is also often used in
job applications, descriptions and advertisements.
★
position通常指机构中的职位，尤指高级职位,通常不 用以指一般的工作。该词亦常用于工作申请、职位说明
和招聘广告中。
vacancy a job that is available for sb to do 指空缺的职 位、空故：VVe have severa/ vflomc/’es /or Cflswfl/ w/or/rers.我们有几个临时工的空缺。
placement (S/f) a job, often as
part of a course of' study, in which you get experience of a particular type of
work 指实■习土作、实习课：a summer placement w/f/j a compwte/7/>m在一家计算机公司的暑期实习
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have to do (—项 >
任务；（一件 > 工作，活儿，事情：
J’ve got various jobs around the house to do.我在家里有
各种各样的活儿要干〇◊ Sorting these papers out is going
to be a〖ong job.整理这些文件是很费：D夫的事。j rhe
builder has a couple of jobs on at the moment. @
建筑商有几项工舍在垂行。一see also blow job, nose job o note at task
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DUTY 职 ^ 3 [usually sing.] a responsibility or duty
责
任；职责：Jt’s not my j_ob to
iocfc up/上锁不是备的
事儿！ 、
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CRIME f j 4 {informal) a crime, especially
stealing 行为（尤士偷窃）：a banfc扣b银行抢劫案◊ an fiwfde job (= done by sb in the organization where
the crime happens)内部又员作的案
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OBJECT S [informal) a particular kind of
thing ^ 西；物件：It}s real wood—not
one of those plastic jobs. 这是实木的——不是那种塑料产品。
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COMPUTING 计箅机:技术 6 an item of work which is
done by a computer as a single unit (作为一个单元处
理的）作业，工作
IT»!i!!B do the 'job (informal) to be effective or
successful in doing what you want 起作用；有效：This extra strong g〖ue shouW do the job.这侖超鲒麁胶应该管用。
do a good, bad, etc. "job (on sth) | make a good， bad, etc, job of sth to
do sth well, badly, etc.千得好
(或差等）；将…办好（或环等）：They did
a very pro/essfonaZjob.他们千得非常内'行。◊ Ybu’ve certain汐 made an excellent job of the kitchen (= for example,
painting it)•你们把厨房弄得好极了。give sb/sth up
as
a bad 'job (informal) to decide to stop trying
to help sb or to do sth because there is no hope of success 对….不 再抱有希望；因没有希望而决定放弃§〇〇^1〇1>!(«^^- cially NAmE, informaf) used to tell sb that
they have done well at sth干得不错；办得好；好呀a goocTjob
(/•/?/om7fl/)
used to say tkat you are pleased about a situation or that sb is lucky that
sth happened 令人满意的
状况；幸辱的事；好事：It’s a good joS you were
there to /ieZp.幸号你.★帮忙。have a. (hard/difficult) job
doing/to do sth to
have difficulty doing sth 干某_很
困难（或很吃力、很费力）：y〇u7i have ajob convinci'ng
them that you’re right.要让他们信服你是对的还要费点
appointment (rather formal,
especially Br£) a job or position of responsibility 指承担一定责任的职^■、职 位：This is a permanent
appointment, requiring comm/f/r7e/7f.fl/j(i vvor/r..:这是一个固会职位，需要
专心致志和勤奋工作。
opening a job that is available for sb to
do 指空缺的职
位V 空职：There are several
openings in the sales
d印销售部有几个空缺。
VACANCY
OR OPEN丨NG?用 vacancy
还是 opening
?
These words
have the same meaning and there is very little difference in their use. Vacancy is more frequent, especially in
British English. Opening is slightly more informal and is used more in American English and in
financial journalism.以上两词意思相同，用法上没什么
区别。vacancy较常用，.尤其是在英国英语中。opening 较非正式，较多用于美国英语和财经报刊中。
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
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a permanent/temporary
job/post/position/vacancy/
placement/appointment/opening
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a full-time/part-time
job/post/position/vacancy/
placement/appointment/opening
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to have/have
got a(n)
job/post/position/vacancy/ placement/appointment/opening
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to apply
for a job/post/position/vacancy/placement
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to hold
a(n)
job/post/position/appointment
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to fill
a(n)
job/post/position/vacancy/appointment/ opening
to resign from/leave/quit
a
job/post/position