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jobber

/ˈdʒɒbər/ /ˈdʒɑːbər/

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noun

计件工头，散工招募人。

One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and recruits other people.

Examples :

"The jobber hired several students to assemble the packets of information, promising to pay them per packet completed. "

那个计件工头雇了几名学生来组装信息包，并承诺按完成的包裹数量支付报酬。

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noun

股票经纪人，股票掮客

A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.

Examples :

"An act to restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock jobbers: 8 & 9 Wm. 3, ch. 32 (1697) [legislation of English parliament"

一项旨在限制股票经纪人（股票掮客）数量和不良行为的法案：8 & 9 威廉三世，第32章（1697年）[英国议会立法]。

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noun

中间商，批发商。

An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.

Examples :

"The local jobber bought apples directly from the farmers and then sold them to the smaller grocery stores in town. "

当地的中间商/批发商直接从农民那里收购苹果，然后卖给镇上的小杂货店。

business commerce job economy

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noun

二道贩子, 中间商。

A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.

Examples :

"The local clothing store gets its discounted brand-name jeans from a jobber who specializes in buying overstocked inventory. "

这家本地服装店的打折名牌牛仔裤是从一个二道贩子那里进的货，这个中间商专门收购积压库存。

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noun

交易所交易员，证券经纪人。

A market maker on the stock exchange.

Examples :

"The jobber quickly adjusted the price of the stock to match the current demand on the exchange. "

交易所交易员迅速调整了股票价格，以匹配交易所当前的供需。

business finance economy

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noun

垫场演员，炮灰角色。

A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.

Examples :

"In professional wrestling, the new wrestler was brought in as a jobber, meant to lose to the champion and make him look even stronger. "

在职业摔角界，引进这位新摔角手是为了让他当垫场演员/炮灰角色，输给冠军，让他看起来更强大。

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noun

东西，玩意儿。

A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).

Examples :

""Could you hand me that... uh... that jobber? The thingamajig with the red handle, used for tightening bolts." "

你能递给我那个...呃...那个东西？就是那个红把手，用来拧螺丝的玩意儿。

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noun

临时演员，跑龙套的。

An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.

Examples :

""The traveling theater company hired a jobber for the summer to play the villain while their regular actor was on leave." "

这家巡回剧团雇佣了一个临时演员，准备在夏季演出中扮演反派角色，因为他们原本的演员休假了。

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