jobless

英 [ˈdʒɒbləs]

美 [ˈdʒɑːbləs]

adj.  无工作的; 失业的; 失业者

经济

Collins.2 / BNC.12942 / COCA.14636

牛津词典

adj.

• 无工作的；失业的
  without a job
  1. The closure left 500 people jobless.
     这次倒闭使500人失业。
• 失业者
  people who are unemployed

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 失业的；无工作的
  Someone who isjoblessdoes not have a job, although they would like one.
  1. One in four people are now jobless in inner areas like Tottenham and Peckham.
     像托特纳姆和佩卡姆这样的内陆地区失业人口达1/4。
  2. ...the number of jobless people.
     失业人数
  3. The joblessare people who are jobless.
     失业者
  4. They joined the ranks of the jobless.
     他们加入了失业者的行列。

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:idleout of work

双语例句

• Some fear the US jobless rate may even rise in the coming months.
  有人担心，未来几个月里，美国的失业率甚至可能会上升。
• Well, not very well. I'm jobless now.
  哎，不乍样好。现在我失业了。
• Large numbers of highly educated, jobless graduates in huge debt from student loans could cause trouble.
  大量受过高等教育的没有工作的毕业生还欠有高额学生贷款，这可能引起一些社会问题。
• They were expecting the jobless rate to hold steady
  他们预计失业率会保持稳定。
• Callum, recently arrived in Glasgow, is jobless, homeless, friendless, and suffering from culture shock.
  卡勒姆初到格拉斯哥，没有工作，无家可归，无人倾诉，在文化冲击中挣扎。
• Most governments simply leave the long-term jobless to rot on the dole.
  大多数政府就让那些长期失业的人领着救济金颓废度日。
• The government's new scheme is designed to help the jobless.
  政府制定了协助失业者的新计划。
• Well, guess what? I saw my jobless@ friend@ on Tuesday.
  对了，你猜怎么着？星期二我看到那位失业的朋友了。
• The severe recession and high jobless rates have not done nearly enough to lower labor costs.
  严重的经济衰退和高失业率尚不足以降低劳动力成本。
• We have to do more for the poor and the jobless.
  我们必须为穷人和失业者多做一些事。