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'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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Then the depression had thrown almost everybody out of work and the jerry-built houses had been neglected, and as rudolph's mother complained, the entire town had become a single slum.
  接着，经济萧条差不多使所有的人都失了业，那些偷工减料盖成的房子也都无人照料；正如鲁道的母亲所抱怨的那样，整个市镇简直成了一个贫民窟。
• My husband is out of work.
  我的丈夫失业了。
• 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。
• 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。
• So these young people ( today) aren't only out of work, you know.
  所以，今天这些年轻人不是仅仅失业，你知道。