day job

英 [ˈdeɪ dʒɒb]

美 [ˈdeɪ dʒɑːb]

n.  日常的有薪工作; (白天的)正职

习惯用语

n.

don't give up the day job
• 别放弃白天的正职（别放弃老本行去尝试没有把握的新事物）
  used to tell sb that they should continue doing what they are used to, rather than trying sth new which they are likely to fail at
• So you want to be a writer? Well my advice is, don't give up the day job.
  这么说你想成为一个作家了？得了，我劝你不要放弃老本行。

牛津词典

noun

• 日常的有薪工作；（白天的）正职
  the paid work that sb normally does

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 不要放弃正职
  If someone tells younot to give up the day job, they are saying that they think you should continue doing what you are good at, rather than trying something new which they think you will fail at.
  1. It's a kind way of telling aspiring novelists, 'Don't give up the day job'.
     这是劝诫立志成为小说家者“不要丢了正业”的一种温和方式。

双语例句

• In her day job, she advises small businesses on problem solving and growing profits.
  她的本职工作是为小企业提供咨询，包括如何解决问题和实现利润增长。
• I quit in 2006, and went back to my old day job of journalism.
  我在2006年辞去了这份工作，回到传媒业干老本行。
• Besides, if you are an investment banker, you already know all about price manipulation, brand hype and market panic from your day job.
  不过，如果你是一位投资银行家，在日常工作中就应该已经对价格操纵、品牌造势和市场恐慌了如指掌。
• Be authorized to arrange the employee's day to day job task.
  经授权安排员工日常的工作任务。
• I won't quit my day job.
  我不会放弃白天的工作的。
• Of course, I have a day job too.
  当然，我也有日常工作。
• If that's a problem, keep your day job.
  如果你有工作动力问题，还是继续打工吧。
• This is my day job euh.
  这是我白天的工作。
• And my day job is that I study ancient Greek tragedy and then try to teach it to undergraduates.
  白天我研习古希腊悲剧，晚上把这些教给本科生。
• It is just part of their day job.
  相关审查只不过是他们日常工作的一部分而已。