full time

Related topics: Sport

ˌfull ˈtime noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE

DSthe end of the normal period of playing time in a sports game 比赛时间结束，终场 → half time

As the ball went in, the referee blew his whistle for full time.

球进了，这时裁判吹响了终场哨声。

Examples from the Corpus

full time• But despite that, Gloucestershire County Council still can't find another school that will accept him as a full time student.• This assumes a gap of some years after full time schooling.• Jacob also has been criticized for not staffing her El Cajon field office full time.• But among those with children under 18,44 percent said they would choose to work part time rather than full time.• There were 12 of us on the boat and three full time crew.• Part-time Ulster Defence Regiment staff have been called-in to work full time.• Many women work full time for the same reason many men do-they need the money for their families.

Related topics: Employment

ˌfull-ˈtime adjectiveadj , adverb

1 BEfor all the hours of a week during which it is usual for people to work, study etc 〔工作、学习等〕全日制的[地]；专职的[地]；全职的[地] → part-time

work/study etc full-time

She works full-time and has two kids.

她做全职工作，还有两个孩子。

The success of the series enabled her to concentrate full-time on writing.

这个系列作品的成功使她能够专心从事全职写作。

full-time staff/student etc

They’re looking for full-time staff at the library.

图书馆正在招聘专职工作人员。

full-time job/education etc

We aim to double the number of young people in full-time study.

我们的目标是让全日制学习的年轻人人数翻倍。

2 be a full-time job to be very hard work and take a lot of time 是费时费力的活

Keeping pace with changes is a full-time job.

跟上变化的脚步是很难的。

Examples from the Corpus

be a full-time job• But looking after the wear and tear was a full-time job.• But most people in Hanoi could not afford consumer luxuries, and even acquiring necessities was a full-time job.• It really was a full-time job.• Job hunting is a full-time job.• Now it really is a full-time job.• It was a full-time job and if the husband was gone, it was a major loss.• C.-it was a full-time job and there was no choice in the matter.• Managing diversity will be a full-time job for anyone with a niche in the interlinked economy.

Examples from the Corpus

full-time• Janine attends high school full-time and works part-time.

full-time staff/student etc• Part-time students take either one or two courses a year and attend the same daytime classes as full-time students.• The college is also considering issuing passes to all full-time students.• A team of two full-time staff is being employed to follow up leads.• JBird employs seven full-time staff members, several free-lancers and about 20 talent scouts worldwide.• Recently scaled back under fiscal duress, the symphony has a 31-week winter and summer season and a full-time staff of 21.• A full-time staff of 250 is supplemented by another 100 or so from various social service programs, like General Assistance.• Suppose one wants to take a sample of full-time students of a university.• However, it is not possible to require full-time staff to work for periods of duty which only cover the peak workloads.

From Longman Business Dictionary

full-timeˈfull-time adjectiveadjJOB

1working or studying for the complete number of hours that this is usually done

He was unable physically to handle the demands of a full-time sales position.

Mr Kasal slashed his full-time staff to six from 13 as revenue dropped.

5.5 million Americans are working part-time because they can’t find full-time work.

Ohio has been gaining in part-time jobs, while losing many thousands of full-time jobs.

—full-time adverbadv

I can’t work full-time because of my illness.

2full-time job/occupation hard work that you are not paid for that takes a lot of time

Searching for work is a full-time job.

ˌfull ˈtime nounˌfull-ˈtime adjectiveadj

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