day job

英 [ˈdeɪ dʒɒb]

美 [ˈdeɪ dʒɑːb]

n.  日常的有薪工作; (白天的)正职

习惯用语

n.

don't give up the day job
• 别放弃白天的正职（别放弃老本行去尝试没有把握的新事物）
  used to tell sb that they should continue doing what they are used to, rather than trying sth new which they are likely to fail at
• So you want to be a writer? Well my advice is, don't give up the day job.
  这么说你想成为一个作家了？得了，我劝你不要放弃老本行。

牛津词典

noun

• 日常的有薪工作；（白天的）正职
  the paid work that sb normally does

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 不要放弃正职
  If someone tells younot to give up the day job, they are saying that they think you should continue doing what you are good at, rather than trying something new which they think you will fail at.
  1. It's a kind way of telling aspiring novelists, 'Don't give up the day job'.
     这是劝诫立志成为小说家者“不要丢了正业”的一种温和方式。

双语例句

• Nothing wrong with thinking about the future, but some enterprise architects have got a day job as well.
  思考将来没有错，但是某些企业架构师也已经找到了一份日常工作。
• Partly it is because my dream is an addition to what I do already: I have not given up the day job.
  部分原因在于，我的梦想是我所做事情的附加品：我没有放弃我的日常工作。
• Be authorized to arrange the employee's day to day job task.
  经授权安排员工日常的工作任务。
• Like the others, his main reason for attending the training session is to help his day job.
  米德沃斯来上这门课的主要原因与其他人一样，都是为了方便自己的日常工作。
• It is just part of their day job.
  相关审查只不过是他们日常工作的一部分而已。
• Notch quit his day job and founded a studio, mojang, which now employs over 30 people.
  切口先生辞掉了工作，创办了一个叫Mojang的工作室，现在它已经有了30多个员工。
• You can continue to dance for fun, but separately from your day job.
  你可以继续为了兴趣跳舞，但是要把它和工作分开来。
• It's a kind way of telling aspiring novelists, 'Don't give up the day job'.
  这是劝诫立志成为小说家者“不要丢了正业”的一种温和方式。
• Besides, if you are an investment banker, you already know all about price manipulation, brand hype and market panic from your day job.
  不过，如果你是一位投资银行家，在日常工作中就应该已经对价格操纵、品牌造势和市场恐慌了如指掌。
• The disadvantages are also clear: if you get caught by your boss misusing resources or getting distracted from the day job, there will be trouble; and a business run in your spare time will never receive the focus and devotion it needs to be truly successful.
  劣势也是明显的：如果老板发现你滥用资源或者不专注于平时的工作，你就会有麻烦；你利用业余时间经营的生意永远得不到企业真正成功所需的关注和投入。