job, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

job (jobs plural )

1 n-count A job is the work that someone does to earn money.
Once I'm in America I can get a job...

2 n-count A job is a particular task.
He said he hoped that the job of putting together a coalition wouldn't take too much time...

3 n-count The job of a particular person or thing is their duty or function.
Their main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness...

4 n-sing 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.
We could do a far better job of managing it than they have...

5 n-sing If you say that you have a job doing something, you are emphasizing how difficult it is., (emphasis) He may have a hard job selling that argument to investors...

6
→ jobbing
→ day job
→ hatchet job
→ on-the-job

7 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.
(BRIT)
♦ jobs for the boys phrase
(disapproval)

8 If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed.
(BRIT)
INFORMAL
♦ just the job phrase
Not only is it just the job for travelling, but it's handy for groceries too.

9 If someone is on the job, they are actually doing a particular job or task.
♦ on the job phrase
The top pay scale after five years on the job would reach $5.00 an hour...

10
→ it's a good job
→ good
→ the job in hand
→ hand