B：How many (hours/ reports/ meetings) a week does the job entail?
      这项工作需要一个星期（工作多少个小时/写多少报告/开多少次会）？

A：Usually about twelve.
      通常大约12个（次）。

B：Have you found a new job yet?
      你找到新工作了吗？

A：No, not yet. I’m still looking. I’ve been doing some work through a temp-agency though.
      没有，还没有找到。我还在找。但是我通过一家中介公司介绍在做短期工。

B：What kind of work?
      那是什么样的工作？

job的解释

A：I’m temping at a phamp3aceutical company.
      是一家制药公司的短期工。

B：What do you do there?
      你在那儿做什么事？

A：Mostly office work - filing and so on.
      大多是办公室里的事情--存档之类的。

B：How long is the assignment?
      做到什么时候呢？

A：Till the end of the month.
      到这个月底。

A：What’s wrong?
      出什么事了？

job什么意思

B：I got laid off today.
      我今天下岗了。

A：Oh no! That’s terrible!
      哦，天。真是糟糕。

B：Yeah.
      是呀。

job的意思

A：What happened?
      怎么会这样？

B：My boss said I didn’t have enough skills to do the job well.
      我的老板说我不具备足够的技能做好我的工作。

A：What are you going to do?
      那你打算怎么办？

B：I’m going to start taking classes at the local community college to try to improve my skills. Then I’ll start looking for a new position.
      我打算在本地的社区大学学习，以此来提高自己的技能。然后我会开始找一份新的工作。

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.

job是什么意思

    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.

job什么意思

    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