1. 工作;职业;职位
A job is the work that someone does to earn money.
e.g. Once I'm in America I can get a job...
我一到美国就能找到工作。
e.g. Thousands have lost their jobs...
数以千计的人失业了。
2. (一项)任务;(一份)工作,活儿
A job is a particular task.
e.g. He said he hoped that the job of putting together a coalition wouldn't take too much time...
他说他希望结成联盟的工作不会耗时太久。
e.g. Save major painting jobs for the spring or summer.
把主要的油漆活儿留到春天或夏天干。
3. 职责;责任;作用
The job of a particular person or thing is their duty or function.
e.g. Their main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness...
它们的主要功效是保健而非治病。
e.g. His next job is to get us to the World Cup finals...
他接下来的任务是带领我们闯入世界杯决赛圈。
4. (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.
e.g. We could do a far better job of managing it than they have...
我们会比他们经营得好得多。
e.g. You've done a fine job with Billy and Joey.
你和比利、乔伊一起干得非常出色。
5. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. With all these different pensions, you're going to have a job to keep track.
这么多不同种类的养老金,你想要了解可得费点劲儿。
6. see also: jobbing;day job;hatchet job;on-the-job
7. 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.
e.g. The Party has been accused of creating a 'jobs for the boys' system of government.
该党被指责实行“任人唯亲”的政府用人机制。
8. 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.
e.g. Not only is it just the job for travelling, but it's handy for groceries too.
它不仅非常适合于旅行,而且用来日常购物也很方便。
9. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
10. it's a good job -> see good
the job in hand -> see hand