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

• 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。
• 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。
• A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected
  一项旨在帮助长期失业者的新的培训计划有望出台。
• The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
  被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。
• 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。
• Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.
  公司应获许以较低的工资给长期失业的人提供岗位。
• Being unemployed produces negative attitudes to work
  失业会产生对工作的消极态度。
• My father was an unemployed labourer
  我父亲是一名失业劳工。
• I've got loads of friends who're unemployed
  我有很多失业的朋友。
• 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。