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

• 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。
• Idle carpenters; jobless transients; many people in the area were out of work.
  闲着的木匠；失业的瞬时现象；这个地区的许多人都失业了。
• Some of us have been out of work for years.
  我们中有些人已经失业好几年了。
• 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。
• Young people were several times more likely to be out of work than older members of the workforce
  劳动人口中，年轻人失业的可能性是年长者的好几倍。
• He was out of work when the factory closed.
  他在工厂倒闭后失业了。
• Being out of work causes poverty.
  失业导致贫困。
• 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 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。
• Economic recession had thrown millions out of work
  经济衰退导致数百万人失业。