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

• The disadvantages are also clear: if you get caught by your boss misusing resources or getting distracted from the day job, there will be trouble; and a business run in your spare time will never receive the focus and devotion it needs to be truly successful.
  劣势也是明显的：如果老板发现你滥用资源或者不专注于平时的工作，你就会有麻烦；你利用业余时间经营的生意永远得不到企业真正成功所需的关注和投入。
• It is the main area of responsibility in your day job.
  这也是在你日常工作中最主要的部分。
• Don't give up your day job.
  不要放弃你的白天正式工作。
• Notch quit his day job and founded a studio, mojang, which now employs over 30 people.
  切口先生辞掉了工作，创办了一个叫Mojang的工作室，现在它已经有了30多个员工。
• Of course, I have a day job too.
  当然，我也有日常工作。
• When he was seven months old, I returned to my day job, working part-time.
  他七个月大的时候，我找了一份兼职，又开始正常的白班工作。
• 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。
• Career is not just your day job anymore& career is how you spend all your time.
  职业生涯不只是你的日常工作了职业生涯是如何，你都用你的时间。
• But as Zhang Ni discovers, preventing fires is more than just a one day job.
  但是正如ZhangNi发现的，防火不只是一天的工作。