[ADJ] unemployed, See also:jobless, out of work, laid off, redundant, Example: รัฐกำลังดำเนินการเพื่อใช้แรงงานไทยที่ว่างงานหรือถูกเลิกจ้างทดแทนแรงงานต่างด้าว, Thai definition: ที่ไม่มีงานทำ
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (6 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of
wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh.
influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See {Gob}.]
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1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
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2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work
undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job
for a thousand dollars.
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3. A public transaction done for private profit; something
performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but
really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
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4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately
or unfortunately. [Colloq.]
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5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
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6. A task, or the execution of a task; as, Michelangelo did a
great job on the David statue.
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7. (Computers) A task or coordinated set of tasks for a
multitasking computer, submitted for processing as a
single unit, usually for execution in background. See {job
control language}.
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Note: Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for
jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job
master; job horse; job wagon, etc.
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{By the job}, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each
piece of work done; -- distinguished from {time work}; as,
the house was built by the job.
{Job lot}, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold
out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for
the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot.
{Job master}, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire,
as for family use. [Eng.]
{Job printer}, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp.
circulars, cards, billheads, etc.
{Odd job}, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional
work, of various kinds, or for various people.
{to do a job on}, to harm badly or destroy. [slang]
{on the job}, alert; performing a responsibility well.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Job \Job\, v. i.
1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do
petty work.
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Authors of all work, to job for the season. --Moore.
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2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to
turn public matters to private advantage.
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And judges job, and bishops bite the town. --Pope.
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3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or
stocks.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Job \Job\ (j[=o]b), n.
The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the
prototypical patient man.
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{Job's comforter}.
(a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under
pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.
(b) A boil. [Colloq.]
{Job's news}, bad news. --Carlyle.
{Job's tears} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma}), with
hard, shining, pearly grains.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jobbed} (j[o^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Jobbing}.]
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1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. --L'Estrange.
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2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. --Moxon.
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3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to
sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
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4. (Com.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of
importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to
retailers; as, to job goods.
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5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as,
to job a carriage. --Thackeray.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
job
n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn:
{occupation}, {business}, {job}, {line of work}, {line}]
2: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for
a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job
ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing
the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of
classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" [syn:
{job}, {task}, {chore}]
3: a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
4: an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held
the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
5: the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print
the truth"
6: the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding
job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
7: a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying
the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
8: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her
husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact
him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
[syn: {problem}, {job}]
9: a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith
in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
10: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without
despairing
11: (computer science) a program application that may consist of
several steps but is a single logical unit
12: a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God
about his afflictions and God's reply [syn: {Job}, {Book of
Job}]
13: a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank
job in St. Louis" [syn: {caper}, {job}]
v 1: profit privately from public office and official business
2: arranged for contracted work to be done by others [syn:
{subcontract}, {farm out}, {job}]
3: work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester
breaks"
4: invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to
live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am
speculating" [syn: {speculate}, {job}]
From German-English Freedict dictionary [fd-deu-eng]:
Job [dʒɔp] (n) , s.(m )
job
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
