1. 辦公室工作、文職工作 desk job
2. 文書工作 paperwork = clerical work
3. 白領工作 white-collar job (白領工作者:white-collar
worker)
比較: 藍領工作 blue-collar job (藍領工作者:blue-collar
worker)
粉領工作 pink-collar job (粉領工作者:pink-collar
worker)
4. 工作、職業 job = work = occupation (偏正式或書面、常用於表格中) =
vocation (其也可指「志業、使命」=
calling ) = trade (尤指「需要用手工技巧的工作,如木工、水電工等」)
例: 全職工作 full-time job (⇔ 兼職工作
part-time job )
高薪工作 well-paid/paying job (= high-paid/paying job)
(⇔ 低薪工作
low-paid/paying job )
勞力工作 manual job
補充:你是做什麼的? What
do you do (for a living)?
你是做那一行的? What
line of work are you in (= what type of work do you do)?
各行各業 every walk of life = all walks of life
5. 稱心的工作、適合自己的工作 niche
6. 實習工作 (work) placement = internship
例: 實習中 on placement
補充:實習生 intern
7. 按件計酬的工作 piecework
8. 專業 (的工作) profession
例:他的職業是律師。 He
is a lawyer by profession.
9. 職業生涯、事業 career
補充:事業狂 (的) careerist
10. 職位、職務 position = post
11. 職位空缺 (job) vacancy = opening
例: 填補職位空缺 fill a vacancy
12. 找工作、求職 look for a job = look for work/employment =
seek employment =
try to get/land/find a
job
13. 求職者 job seeker
例:(英國的) 求職者津貼、失業補助 (金) Jobseeker's Allowance (= JSA)
14. 職業介紹所、就業服務中心 employment agency = job center/centre =
job placement service
15. 就業顧問 guidance counsel(l)or
16. 人力銀行 job bank
17. 徵才廣告、求職廣告 job ad(vertisement)
18. (報紙中的) 徵才廣告欄 Situations Vacant
19. 分類廣告 classified advertisements/adverts/ads =
classifieds = want/small ads
20. 招募 recruit
21. 獵才、延攬 headhunt
比較:物色 (優秀運動員、表演人才等) scout (其也可指「星探」、「球探」等 =
talent scout)
22. 挖角 poach
例:他們有好幾個員工被對手公司給挖走了。Several
of their employees were poached by a rival firm.
23. 留住 (員工) retain
24. 申請工作 apply for a job = put in for a job
25. 申請 (表/書) application
例:申請表 application form
(填寫申請表格 fill in/out an application form = complete an
application form)
26. 工作申請人、應徵者 applicant = candidate
27. 履歷 (表) resume (= résumé) = curriculum vitae (= CV) =
vita
28. 推薦信、介紹信 reference = testimonial
29. 推薦人、介紹人 reference = referee
30. 面試 interview
例:獲邀 (參加) 面試 be called/invited for (an) interview
參加或接受面試 have/attend an interview = go for an
interview
主持面試 conduct/do an interview
31. 面試官 interviewer
32. (參加或接受) 面試者 interviewee
33. 雇用 ~、聘用~ employ/engage ~ = take ~ ↔ on =
give ~ a job = give ~ employment
34. 簽約雇用 ~、簽下
~ sign ~ ↔
(up/on)
35. 試用 (期) probation/trial (period)
例: 三個月的試用期 three month probation period
在試用期間 on probation
36. 任命、委派 A 做 B 職 appoint/designate/name A (as) B
例:我們任命他做人事經理。 We
appointed him as personnel manager.
37. 替 ~ 工作、受雇於
~ work for A~ = be employed by ~ = be in
~’s employ (= be in the employ of ~)
比較:自雇/營的、自由業的 self-employed
(如作家、記者、攝影師、翻譯等) 按件計酬的、自由業的 freelance (其也可指
「
從事這類工作性質的人 (=
freelancer )」)
約聘的 contractual
(例:約聘人員 contract(ual) employee)
臨時的、零工的 casual = temporary = jobbing (例:臨時工 casual worker)
38. 有工作、就業中、在職中 have a job = in employment/work
39. 有一份穩定的工作 have a steady job
40. 在職訓練 on-the-job training = in-service training
41. (公司或機構的) 內部培訓 in-house training
42. 保住工作或飯碗 hold (down) a job = keep a job
43. 兼職作 ~、以 ~ 為副業 work as ~ on the side = moonlight as ~
44. 兼職的工作、副業 sideline
45. 使A 升遷到B這個職位 promote/upgrade/elevate A to B (⇔ 使A 降職到B這個職位 demote/downgrade/relegate A to B )
46. (使) 調職 transfer
47. 遞交辭呈 hand/give/turn in one’s resignation/notice =
submit/offer/proffer/tender one's resignation/notice
48. 離職、辭職 leave = resign = quit = pack/jack it in
49. (使) 退休 retire
50. 提早退休 retire early = take early retirement
51. 已退休的 retired (= ret(d) )
52. 退休人士 retiree
53. 退休金、養老金 (retirement) pension
例:領退休金 get/receive/draw/collect a pension
54. 退休金計畫、退休金制度 pension scheme/plan = retirement plan
55. 解僱 ~、開除
~ dismiss/fire/sack/ax(e) ~ = lay ~ ↔ off
= give ~ the sack/boot =
make ~ redundant =
terminate ~
56. 解僱通知 (書) notice of
severance/dismissal/termination = pink
slip
57. 解僱金、遣散費 severance (pay)
58. 失業、沒工作 unemployed = jobless = without a job = out of
work = idle
例:失業者們 the unemployed/jobless
(長期失業者們 the long-term unemployed/jobless)
59. 領失業補助金中 on welfare/benefit/unemployment =
on unemployment
benefit/compensation = on the dole
60. 工作場所 workplace
61. 打卡鐘 time clock
62. 上班打卡 clock in/on = punch in (⇔ 下班打卡 clock out/off = punch out)
63. 正在工作的地方、工作中 at work
64. 值班中、執勤中 on duty
比較: 沒在值班、下班 off duty
65. 輪班 shift
例: 做輪班工作 work shifts
輪早/日/晚/夜/大夜班 be on the early/day/late/night/graveyard
shift
輪班八小時
do/work an eight-hour shift
66. 上班時間彈性 work flex(i)time
67. 無固定辦公桌制 (員工沒有自己固定的辦公桌,看哪個辦公桌沒人用就用) hot desking = hoteling
68. 電話待命中、隨叫隨到 be on call
69. 出差中 on business = on a business trip
70. 替 ~ 代班 cover for ~ = sub(stitute) for ~
71. 加班 work/do overtime = put in overtime
例:加班費 overtime (pay(ment))
72. 工作量 workload
73. 過度工作、過勞 overwork
74. 補休 comp time
75. (休) 假 leave
例:休病/事/喪/產/陪產/育嬰/進修/特休/年假
be on sick/personal/bereavement(或funeral或compassionate)/
maternity/paternity/parental/educational(或study)/special/annual
leave
(休事假也可用 take a personal day)
獲准休假 be given/granted leave of absence
有薪假 paid leave/vacation/holiday (⇔ 無薪假 unpaid leave/vacation/holiday)
(例:休一個月的無薪假 take a month's unpaid leave)
76. 缺勤、礦工 be absent from work
77. (經常性無故) 缺勤 absenteeism
78. (尤指按時、日、周等發放的) 薪水、工資 wage = pay
例:時/日/周薪 hourly/daily/weekly wage
法定最低工資 minimum wage
薪資凍漲 wage freeze
79. (尤指按月或年發放的) 薪水、工資 salary = pay
例:起薪 starting salary
底薪 base/basic salary
六位數薪水 six-figure salary
薪水是
~ be on a salary of ~
(換工作時) 接受較低的薪水 take a drop in salary
他要求預支薪水。 He
asked for an advance on his salary.
補充:領薪水的、支薪的 salaried
(例:支薪雇員 salaried employee)
補充:表達「薪水」或「工資」,除了可用上面提到的幾個字之外,還可用
earnings、remuneration、emolument、compensation及下列
83~84中所提到的字
詞來表達。
80. (扣稅和保險後的) 實領工資 take-home pay
81. 計件工資 piece rate
82. 佣金、回扣、抽成 commission
例:靠賺佣金 work on commission
83. 薪水 (袋) pay/wage packet = pay envelope
84. 薪水 (支票) paycheck (= pay cheque)
85. 薪資單 payslip (= pay slip)
86. 發薪日 payday (= pay day)
87. 欠薪 back pay
88. 加薪 (pay) raise/rise
89. (付給加班者的) 雙倍工資 double time
比較:一倍半的工資 time and a half
90. 福利 benefit
(其也可指「補助金」,見59)
例:附加或額外的福利 (如公司配車、餐費補助、免費健保等) fringe benefits = perks =
perquisites
福利配套 benefit(s) package
91. 獎金、紅利 bonus
例:績效獎金 performance/productivity bonus
年終獎金 year-end bonus
92. 分紅制 profit-sharing
93. 股息、股利、紅利 dividend
94. 補貼、津貼 allowance
例:交通補貼 travel allowance
95. (因在某個生活費用高的地區工作而獲得的) 生活加給 weighting
96. 危險加給 danger/hazard pay = danger money
97. (報銷費用或報公帳用的) 核銷帳目 expense account
例:他給這頓午餐報了公帳。 He
put this lunch on his expense account. =
He charged this lunch
to his expense account.
98. 給 ~ 報銷費用、償還 reimburse
例:公司給我報銷了旅費。 The
company reimbursed me for my travel expenses.
99. (包含薪水、投資、做生意、業外等所有的) 收入、所得 income
例:
所得稅 income tax
(稅前) 總收入 gross income
(稅後) 淨收入 net income
(稅後) 可支配所得 disposable income
(稅後且扣除必要生活費後的) 可支配所得 discretionary income
固定收入 fixed income