out of work

英 [ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːk]

美 [ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːrk]

adj.  失业的; 下岗的

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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

• He opened a small shop of his own after he was out of work.
  他失业后，自己开了一个小商店。
• He got into the red because he had been out of work for more than two years.
  他负了债，因为他失业两年多了。
• My husband is out of work.
  我的丈夫失业了。
• Very good, captain, except that we're out of work.
  很好，队长，只不过我们失业了。
• Economic recession had thrown millions out of work
  经济衰退导致数百万人失业。
• The studio could punish its players by keeping them out of work, and otherwise controlling their lives.
  电影公司能通过让艺人坐冷板凳来惩罚他们，并采用其他方式控制他们的生活。
• I'm never out of work because I have so many strings to my bow.
  我会很多手艺，永远都不会没饭吃。
• Being out of work causes poverty.
  失业导致贫困。
• 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。
• 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。