jobbing

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.

Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.
The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain.

— It is through the power of Paris, now become the center and focus of jobbing, that the leaders of this faction direct, or rather command the whole legislative and the whole executive government.
Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.

— We have not lost sight of the various proceedings, appointments, jobbings, &c, at University College.

动词 v.

形容词 adj.

That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available.

— The jobbing foundryman has very little control over the nature of the jobs which come his way.

jobbings plural more jobbing comparative most jobbing superlative