work as a casual labourer; engage in a temporary job
Example Sentences:
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He then earned his living by doing all kinds of odd jobs . 后来，他靠打短工谋生。
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The unmarried son may leave for stretches of city work, but he is bound to return . 未婚儿子可以去城市打短工，但他一定要回来。
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A number of graduates voluntarily took up day labors during this summer vacation , instead of be engaged in traveling and craze parties as usual 与以前高考过后忙于外出旅游、热闹聚会不同，今年有不少“准大学生”主动选择了打短工。
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For myself i found that the occupation of a day - laborer was the most independent of any ， especially as it required only thirty or forty days in a year to support one 我自己是觉得，任何职业中，打短工最为独立不羁，何况一年之内只要三四十天就可以养活自己。
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They showed no recognition of her , and possibly had none , for they had been under the influence of liquor on that occasion , and were only temporary sojourners there as here 她们似乎没有认出她来，也可能真的忘了，因为这时候她们还没有摆脱酒精的影响，她们在特兰里奇和在这儿一样，都是打短工的。
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Before before long , a company is about to recruit her for a long time with high salary , but was used to her what work part time however or else is willing to bind his dead for this , she thinks , work through commutation , oneself can acquire more working experience , the development that is oneself creates more vacuums , with respect to the enterprise character , also can form mechanism of a kind of competition , let a company retain vigor 前不久，一家公司欲高薪长期聘用她，但习惯了打短工的她却再不愿意为此绑死自己，她认为，通过变换工作，自己可以学到更多的工作经验，为自己的发展创造更多的空间，就企业而言，也能形成一种竞争机制，让公司保持活力。
