involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity;
"part-time employees"
"a part-time job"
Adverb:
for less than the standard number of hours;
"he works part-time"
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
In American, seven out of ten mothers have paid jobs, either full time or part time. These include more than half of women with babies or young children. 在美国,有十分之七的妈妈有全职或兼职的带薪工作,其中超过一半妇女有婴儿或很小的小孩。
But he said the part-time soldiers, who will serve about three weeks at a time, will not be directly involved in detaining people trying to cross the border illegally. 但他说,兼职的士兵将会连续工作三周,但是不会直接牵涉到阻止那些尝试非法进入边境的人们。