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

• Brian: Day job? I'm a singer. This is my job.
  布莱恩：正职？我是歌手，这份是我的工作。
• 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。
• Eventually he managed to line up a few retailers to stock the loom, and quit his day job.
  终于，吴昌俊说服了几家零售商购买彩虹织机，然后他辞去了工作。
• Don't give up your day job.
  不要放弃你的白天正式工作。
• Trying lots of different things, while holding on to his day job, led him to come up with a formula: every skill you acquire doubles your chances of success.
  亚当斯尝试了很多不同的事物，同时不放弃自己的日常工作，这使他得出了一则公式：你获得的每一种技能可以让你成功的机会增加一倍。
• Like the others, his main reason for attending the training session is to help his day job.
  米德沃斯来上这门课的主要原因与其他人一样，都是为了方便自己的日常工作。
• 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。
• I won't quit my day job.
  我不会放弃白天的工作的。
• Partly it is because my dream is an addition to what I do already: I have not given up the day job.
  部分原因在于，我的梦想是我所做事情的附加品：我没有放弃我的日常工作。
• Of course, I have a day job too.
  当然，我也有日常工作。