| 词组 | work |
| 释义 | work Work is used as a verb or a noun. ◊ used as a verb People who work have a job which they are paid to do. I'm not working any more. I used to work in a hotel. You can use 'as' with work to say what a person's job is. Pam works as a careers officer. ◊ used as an uncount noun If you have work, you have a job which you are paid to do. ...people who can't find work. ...different types of work. When someone has a job, you can say that they are in work. ...ways of allowing people to remain in work. When someone does not have a job, you can say that they are out of work. There are one and a half million people out of work in this country. Work is also used to talk about the place where someone works. When work has this meaning, you do not use a determiner in front of it. He too drives to work by car. I can't leave work till five. ◊ 'works' A place where things are made is sometimes called a works. For more information, see entry at ↑ ◊ nouns with a similar meaning The following nouns all refer generally to activities which people are paid to do: business, employment, job, occupation, position, post, profession, trade ◊ 'employment' Employment is a formal word with a similar meaning to 'work'. Like 'work', it is an uncount noun. Of those who had paid jobs, perhaps only half were in full-time employment. There is no hope of regular employment as an agricultural labourer. Employment is also used to talk about the number of people in a country or area who have jobs. ...the government's commitment to full employment. Only 18 per cent thought employment would rise over the next year. ◊ 'job' A person's job is a particular set of duties which they are paid to do. Job is a count noun. Her mother had a cleaning job. When you are settled in your new job, invite some of your old friends out to lunch. For another meaning of job, see below. ◊ 'position' and 'post' In formal English, position and post are used instead of 'job'. When a job is advertised, it is often described as a position or post. A person applying for a job usually uses one of these words. He had left Birmingham suddenly to fly back to London, having resigned his position. Today the Foreign Ministry announced that the Ambassador to Cuba is retiring from his post. ◊ 'occupation' Your occupation is your job. Occupation is often used on official forms. The Judge asked his occupation. 'Security consultant,' he replied. ...men preparing to switch to a new occupation. Note that if you are asked to write your occupation on a form, you can put 'student', 'housewife', 'unemployed', or 'retired' if you do not have a paid job. ◊ 'profession' and 'trade' Profession and trade are both used to refer to types of job which require special training. A profession is a type of job which requires formal training and which has fairly high status, for example the job of a doctor, teacher, or lawyer. Both her parents had been school teachers and after college she entered the same profession. You can also use profession to refer to all the people in a particular profession. For example, you can talk about 'the teaching profession' or 'the medical profession'. There would be an outcry from the legal profession if these proposals were seriously put forward. A trade is a type of skilled job, usually one which involves making or repairing something. I learned a trade, began to work, worked hard and earned money. He was the son of a newspaperman and he never thought there was any other trade to follow. You also use trade to refer to work that involves buying and selling things, or catering for tourists. ...the effect such an arrangement would have on Britain's hugely successful art trade. The absence of a tourist trade will bring more economic hardships. ◊ 'business' Business is used to refer to work that involves making, buying, or selling things. You were in the film business? You'd better go into the oil business or become a banker. ◊ another meaning of 'job' Job has another meaning. You can use it to refer to one particular thing that needs to be done. It will be a long job, I'm afraid. It's always better to concentrate on the job in hand. ◊ 'piece of work' and 'task' You can also call this a piece of work. If it is difficult or unpleasant, you can call it a task. Task is a fairly formal word. ...a means of doing an essential piece of work. The first task is to raise educational levels. |
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