full-time

adjective, adverb
🔊/ˌfʊl ˈtaɪm/
🔊/ˌfʊl ˈtaɪm/
(abbreviation FT)
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  1. for all the hours of a week during which people normally work or study, rather than just for a part of it全日(制);全职的(地);全日的(地)
    • students in full-time education全日制学生
    • a full-time employee全职雇员
    • a full-time job一份全职工作
    • Looking after a child is a full-time job (= hard work that takes a lot of time).照管小孩是一天忙到晚的活儿。🔊🔊
    • She works full-time and still manages to run a home.她做全职工作,仍能照管好家庭。🔊🔊
    compare part-timeTopics Jobsb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFull-time is used with these nouns:
    • appointment
    • care
    • course
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