mindmap root((职位)) position may be preferred when the employment suggests higher status or more dignity in the work involved: my brother has a ~ as research director in the new company. place often implies little more than employment for remuneration: she has lost her ~ as a cook. situation adds an emphasis on a place needing to be filled: obtained a ~ as clerk to the city council. office applies to a position of trust or authority especially in public service: held the ~ of county treasurer for many years. post suggests a position involving some degree of responsibility: took a ~ as governess in an aristocratic household; or sometimes onerous duties: a new ~ in the foreign service. job a very general term, stresses the work involved: his first ~ was in public-school teaching; and is especially appropriate when physical labor is in question: seasonal ~s.