缩写自短语jobbe of worke,即piece of work.词源不详，可能来自中古英语gobbe,一块，词源同gob,或来自chop,剁，砍，即砍下来的一块。后词义通用化，用于指一件事，一项工作或任务，物件等。
job 刺，戳
可能来自拟声词，词源同jab.
英文词源
job
job: [16] The origins of job are uncertain. Its likeliest source is an earlier and now obsolete noun job which meant ‘piece’. It is quite plausible that job of work, literally ‘piece of work’, could have become shortened to job. But where this earlier job came from is not known, so the mystery remains open.
job (n.)
1550s, in phrase jobbe of worke "piece of work" (contrasted with continuous labor), of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of gobbe "mass, lump" (c. 1400; see gob) via sense of "a cart-load." Sense of "work done for pay" first recorded 1650s. Thieves' slang sense of "theft, robbery, a planned crime" is from 1722. Printing sense is from 1795. Slang meaning "specimen, thing, person" is from 1927.
job. (1) A low mean lucrative busy affair. (2) Petty, piddling work; a piece of chance work. [Johnson's Dictionary]
On the job "hard at work" is from 1882. Job lot is from obsolete sense of "cartload, lump," which might also ultimately be from gob. Job security attested by 1954; job description by 1920; job-sharing by 1972.
Job
Biblical masc. proper name, from Hebrew Iyyobh, which according to some scholars is literally "hated, persecuted," from ayyabh "he was hostile to," related to ebhah "enmity." Others say it means "the penitent one."
job (v.)
1660s, "to buy and sell as a broker," from job (n.). Meaning "to cheat, betray" is from 1903. Related: Jobbed; jobbing.
中文解释
job 【找吧】 工作
实用例句
1. He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.
他是由海军上将精心挑选出来担任这项工作的。
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2. He was fired from his job after roughing up a colleague.
他因为对一位同事动粗而被开除了。
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3. The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job.
公众从来不相信他有能力胜任这一职位。
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4. The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed.
美国就业市场的持续低迷被视为罪魁祸首。
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5. It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
