| 词汇 | temp |
| 释义 | temp noun[ C ] informaluk /temp/ us /temp/ a person employed to work for a short period, especially in an office while another person is absent or when there is extra work: （尤指办公室的）临时雇员 I worked as a temp for a while before I got my first permanent job. Many companies are relying more on temps and part-timers. I could do nothing except carry out the work myself or employ a temp. Forty-seven temps were hired in late September. Some nurses like working as temps because they are often paid more and can refuse night and weekend work. Workers in general a man/woman of actionidiom anti-labour beaver cheap labour contract worker cutter labour labour force labour market machinist manpower relay salaryman skeleton staff slogger staff the shop floor workhorse working group working party temp verb[ I ] uk /temp/ us /temp/ informal to work as a temp: I decided to temp for a while so that I could try different kinds of jobs. The company she was temping for offered her a permanent job. I've been temping since I left college. I decided to temp for a while until I found a role that really appealed to me. When I returned from travelling, I temped, which honed my office skills. Work, working and the workplace act as something all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom assignment bandh be at workidiom grind hoop hotelling housekeeping in the line of dutyidiom induction industry job moonlight skivvy slave slog slouch spadework sweat temp | American Dictionarytemp noun[ C ] infmlus/temp/ a person employed to work temporarily for a business tempverb[ I ]us/temp/ infml I temped for a long time. temp | Business Englishtemp noun[ C ] HR, WORKPLACEuk /temp/us someone who is employed to work for a company or organization for a short time, for example, when a permanent employee is away, or when there is a lot of work: During busy times, the firm can hire more than 3,000 temps. She started work as a temp in the London branch of an investment bank in 2009. temp verb[ I ] HR, WORKPLACEuk /temp/us to work temporarily for a company or organization: I've just started temping as a secretary for a local company. How long were you temping before you got a permanent job? Examples of temptemp Conversely, in the course of scoring a film, a composer may convince the director of viable alternatives and approaches to the temp. Like the temp, he uses a sustained, underlying tone (pedal point) for much of the cue. Comprised of what is familiar to us all, the temp track is 'music-in-common' - popular music and a gateway toward informing textual analysis. Prendergast did not incorporate those sections in his temp. In creating temp tracks, music editors attempt to accommodate a triumvirate of creative forces - director, music supervisor, and composer. So strong and adaptable are the codes that composers are often confounded by the boundaries that temp tracks impose. In building a temp track, a music editor must address and consolidate managerial, commercial, musical and cultural concerns. The temp track, in most cases, is a veritable blueprint of a film's soundtrack - a musical topography of score, songs, culture and codes. Before the real score replaces the temp track, the temp track as mock-up is deemed artistically and commercially viable by audience reaction. The process, by which compilation scores were assembled, bears a fundamental similarity to the music editor's creation of temp tracks. The temp track had its precursor in the silent era's compilation scores. Often knowing who the composer will be prior to creating the temp, she can address the perspectives of both director and composer. The temp track, in its accessibility to musician and non-musician alike, serves as the touchstone from which a concerted sculpting of musical design, concept, and associations emanate. The temp track is a multi-level blueprint as well as barometer, revealing an essential vision of intent, the employment of cultural/affective codes, and audio-visual conventions. Zimmer both follows the dramatic contour of the temp, but offers a significantly modified approach to the actual composition. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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