temping
temping — 名詞
1. short-term paid work, usually in an office, done while a permanent employee is a
短期派遣
短期替代正職人員的辦公室工作
short-term paid work, usually in an office, done while a permanent employee is away or during a busy period
Heloísa took up temping after finishing university, covering reception desks across the city.
Heloísa 大學畢業後開始做短期派遣，在市區各處代班接待櫃檯。
collocation: take up temping
Temping gave Reema the flexibility to travel between contracts.
短期派遣讓 Reema 能夠在合約之間靈活安排旅行。
The agency found Tendai three months of temping at a law firm.
派遣公司幫 Tendai 找到了律師事務所三個月的短期派遣。
Adina decided that temping suited her better than a permanent nine-to-five role.
Adina 覺得做短期派遣比固定的朝九晚五工作更適合自己。
Wei turned to temping when the factory shut down and full-time jobs vanished.
工廠倒閉、全職工作消失後，Wei 轉而從事短期派遣。
- temporary work
broader term covering all short-term jobs, not just office fill-in roles
- contract work
implies a fixed-term legal agreement, often project-based rather than covering for someone
- freelancing
self-employed work for multiple clients, not arranged through an agency
- permanent employment
ongoing work with no fixed end date
用法筆記
When used before a noun — as in 'a temping job,' 'a temping role,' or 'a temping assignment' — 'temping' acts as a modifier describing the type of work. It is always attributive (never 'the job is temping') and typically refers to office or clerical roles.
常見錯誤
temping — 動詞
- tempingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- tempings3rd person singular
- tempinging-ing form
- tempingedpast simple
1. to do short-term paid work, especially office work, filling in for a permanent e
做派遣
以臨時人員身份從事短期有薪工作
to do short-term paid work, especially office work, filling in for a permanent employee or covering extra demand
Kasia temped at three different companies before landing a full-time role.
Kasia 在三家不同的公司做過派遣，後來才找到正職工作。
pattern: temp at [company]
Heather is temping in the finance department while the manager is on leave.
Heather 正在財務部做派遣，因為主管請假了。
present continuous: is temping
Karim decided to temp for a year after graduating from business school.
Karim 決定商學院畢業後先做一年的派遣工作。
Tara temped as a data-entry clerk every summer during university.
Tara 大學期間每個暑假都以資料輸入員的身分做派遣。
The agency asked if I would temp at the clinic while their receptionist recovered.
派遣公司問我願不願意在診所的櫃檯人員康復期間去做派遣。
文法句型
temp at [company]
temp as [role]
temp for [period]
用法筆記
Always intransitive. Common in spoken and informal business contexts. Distinguish from the noun sense: 'temping' (noun) names the activity; 'to temp' (verb) names the action of doing it.