jack-of-all-trades

/ˌdʒæk.əv.ɔːlˈtreɪdz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdʒæk.əv.ɑːlˈtreɪdz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌjak-əv-ˌȯl-ˈtrādz/ (ame, mw)

jack-of-all-trades — noun

1. someone who can handle many kinds of work fairly well, especially practical task

1.名詞B2
釋義

someone who can handle many kinds of work fairly well, especially practical tasks that call for different skills

例句

When the bakery oven broke, Marco the jack-of-all-trades repaired it before sunrise.

be the jack-of-all-trades in a workplace

At the village clinic, Sana was the jack-of-all-trades who fixed beds and updated records.

a jack-of-all-trades who + verb

同義詞
  • generalist

    more formal; often used in business or academic contexts

  • handyman

    narrower; usually focuses on repair work around a building or home

  • all-rounder

    common for someone who is strong in many areas, not only practical jobs

反義詞
  • specialist

    someone with deep skill in one particular area

文法句型

be a jack-of-all-trades

the office jack-of-all-trades

a jack-of-all-trades who + verb

用法筆記

Often used for someone in a small business, workshop, or home who keeps many different jobs moving. It is usually approving, but next to words like 'specialist' it can suggest broad ability rather than deep expertise in one narrow field.

常見錯誤

❌We need a jack-of-all-trades surgeon for this one brain operation.
✅We need a specialist surgeon for this one brain operation.
💡a jack-of-all-trades helps with many kinds of work, not one highly specialised task.