noun🔗Share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."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。jobbusinessworkorganizationpersoneconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share股票经纪人，股票掮客 A promoter or broker of stocks for investment."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]。businessfinancejobeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share中间商，批发商。 An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise."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。businesscommercejobeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share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."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。businesscommercejobindustryeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share交易所交易员，证券经纪人。 A market maker on the stock exchange."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。businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share垫场演员，炮灰角色。 A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent."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。entertainmentsportjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share东西，玩意儿。 A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).""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。thingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share临时演员，跑龙套的。 An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.""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。entertainmentjobstagepersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
