jack-of-all-trades

IPA/ˌdʒæk.əv.ɔːlˈtreɪdz/
IPA/ˌdʒæk.əv.ɑːlˈtreɪdz/

jack-of-all-trades — 名詞

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

1.名詞B2
釋義

樣樣通

能做許多不同工作的人

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.

烘焙店的樣樣通 Marco 在天亮前就把烤箱修好了。

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.

在村裡的診所，Sana 是個樣樣通，既會修床架也會更新紀錄。

a jack-of-all-trades who + verb

常見搭配
  • office jack-of-all-trades
  • local jack-of-all-trades
  • true jack-of-all-trades
  • be a jack-of-all-trades
  • a jack-of-all-trades who can fix things
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.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • office jack-of-all-trades
  • local jack-of-all-trades
  • village jack-of-all-trades
  • family jack-of-all-trades

常用片語

  • be a jack-of-all-trades
  • work as a jack-of-all-trades
  • jack-of-all-trades role
  • jack-of-all-trades and master of none

介系詞搭配

  • as a jack-of-all-trades
  • for a jack-of-all-trades