out of work

英 [ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːk]

美 [ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːrk]

adj.  失业的; 下岗的

化学

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ 失业的；下岗的
  Someone who isout of workdoes not have a job.
  1. ...a town where half the men are usually out of work.
     通常有半数男子失业的城镇
  2. ...an out of work actor.
     没戏演的演员

英英释义

adj

• not having a job
  1. idle carpenters
  2. jobless transients
  3. many people in the area were out of work
  Synonym:idlejobless

双语例句

• I just do not want to run all day long out of work.
  我想找个不需要成天往外跑的工作。
• Information about the job market can be a lifeline for those who are out of work
  对于那些失业的人而言，就业信息可谓是他们的生命线。
• He has been out of work since he was graduated from the middle school.
  他自从中学毕业以后，他就失业了。
• He has recently been out of work, so he wants to find something to do.
  他近来没事儿，想找点儿事情做。
• They were unwilling to keep her any longer, out of work.
  她失了业，他们不愿意再留她住了。
• This will help you develop a realistic timetable for how long you can afford to be out of work.
  这将帮助你产生可承受多长时间失业的一份现实时刻表。
• My husband is out of work.
  我的丈夫失业了。
• Economic recession had thrown millions out of work
  经济衰退导致数百万人失业。
• If new technologies reduced the total number of jobs, we would all be out of work by now.
  如果新技术减少了工作岗位总数，那么我们大家现在肯定都已经失业了。
• At the end of2006, the factory went bankrupt and both of Chen and Wang were out of work.
  2006年底，针织厂破产了，陈勇军和王莉都失业了。