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词汇 McJob
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Definition of McJob in English:

McJob

noun məkˈdʒɒbməkˈjäb
  • A low-paid job with few prospects.

    while trying to get established, she worked in the usual series of no-hope McJobs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bagging groceries for the elderly, scrubbing dishes at pizzerias or flipping greasy burgers at a McJob is about as glamorous as employment gets for most 16 year olds.
    • Slightly disappointing, I'd have liked the hike in pay and the new location, but on the flip side, the job would have been a McJob.
    • Furthermore a McJob provides for many the first step into much more exciting work.
    • Many expected that North American would be reduced to a McJobs economy buying the output of sweatshops located in Far-East dictatorships.
    • There's not one mention of a slacker or a McJob anywhere.
    • If you aspire to a McJob, you will receive McWages, and there is nothing for it.
    • I lived on the dole, and I wanted a McJob so I could buy the stuff other people had, because it would make me happy.
    • Incidentally, I think that Webster's has it wrong; a McJob isn't just a low-paid dead-end job.

Origin

1980s: from McDonald's, a chain of fast food restaurants, + job, with allusion to the company’s practice of using Mc- in its proprietary product names.

Definition of McJob in US English:

McJob

nounməkˈjäb
  • A low-paid job with few prospects.

    while trying to get established, she worked in the usual series of no-hope McJobs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bagging groceries for the elderly, scrubbing dishes at pizzerias or flipping greasy burgers at a McJob is about as glamorous as employment gets for most 16 year olds.
    • If you aspire to a McJob, you will receive McWages, and there is nothing for it.
    • Many expected that North American would be reduced to a McJobs economy buying the output of sweatshops located in Far-East dictatorships.
    • Furthermore a McJob provides for many the first step into much more exciting work.
    • Slightly disappointing, I'd have liked the hike in pay and the new location, but on the flip side, the job would have been a McJob.
    • Incidentally, I think that Webster's has it wrong; a McJob isn't just a low-paid dead-end job.
    • There's not one mention of a slacker or a McJob anywhere.
    • I lived on the dole, and I wanted a McJob so I could buy the stuff other people had, because it would make me happy.

Origin

1980s: from McDonald's, a chain of fast food restaurants, + job, with allusion to the company’s practice of using Mc- in its proprietary product names.

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