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

• The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month
  上个月，波兰的失业人数增长超过了1/4。
• Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
  就业人口中有将近13%已失业。
• 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。
• Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.
  失业的小年轻在工厂门口游荡。
• 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。
• Millions are homeless and unemployed.
  数百万人无家可归和失业。
• One problem not mentioned is the unemployed may not have the skills to fill the vacancies on offer
  一个没有提及的问题是，失业人员也许缺乏填补所提供的空职的技能。
• I've got loads of friends who're unemployed
  我有很多失业的朋友。
• Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people.
  因为要救济300万失业人口，公共支出即将被耗尽。
• 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。