unemployed

英 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd]

美 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd]

adj.  失业的; 待业的; 下岗的

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2830 / COCA.6402

牛津词典

adj.

• 失业的；待业的；下岗的
  without a job although able to work
  1. How long have you been unemployed?
     你失业多久了？
  2. an unemployed builder
     失业的建筑工人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 未受雇用的；失业的
  Someone who isunemployeddoes not have a job.
  1. The problem is millions of people are unemployed...
     问题是，大批的人都失业了。
  2. This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby...
     该研习班会帮助格里姆斯比的失业青年。
  3. Have you been unemployed for over six months?
     你失业有6个多月了？
  4. The unemployedare people who are unemployed.
     失业者
  5. We want to create jobs for the unemployed.
     我们想为失业者创造就业岗位。

英英释义

noun

• people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
  1. the long-term unemployed need assistance
  Synonym:unemployed people

adj

• not engaged in a gainful occupation
  1. unemployed workers marched on the capital

双语例句

• Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed
  上个月，有37万美国人加入了失业者的行列。
• The longer people have been unemployed, the harder it is for them to compete in the labour market.
  失业时间越长，就越难在劳动力市场与别人竞争。
• Unemployed Queenslanders were victims of personal crime twice as often as employed people.
  在昆士兰，失业人群沦为个人犯罪受害者的可能性比就业人群高一倍。
• Being unemployed produces negative attitudes to work
  失业会产生对工作的消极态度。
• Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
  就业人口中有将近13%已失业。
• Most of the people I know are unemployed.
  我认识的大部分人都失业了。
• The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
  失业者没法罢工——他们没有这种实力。
• One in 10 Californians is unemployed and thousands more live in fear of losing their jobs.
  十分之一的加利福尼亚人没有工作，还有数以千计的人成天提心吊胆地害怕失去工作。
• Her husband is unemployed and the family depends on charity.
  她丈夫失业了，全家人靠救济金过日子。
• Millions are homeless and unemployed.
  数百万人无家可归和失业。