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

• 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。
• Without you, I would probably be jobless!
  如果没有你，我可能会失业！
• In July Belgium's jobless rate was unchanged at 8.2% of the workforce.
  7月份，比利时的失业率没有发生变化，仍占劳动人口的8.2%。
• The official jobless rate conceals a surge in long-term unemployment to a postwar record.
  隐满了长期失业率蹿升的官方失业率创下战后记录。
• The film company collapsed, leaving Chris jobless and minus his life savings.
  电影公司垮了，克里斯没了工作，也失去了他一生的积蓄。
• So the combination of millions of low-status jobless migrant labourers and unemployed graduates could form a highly combustible mix.
  因此数百万地位低下的无业民工和失业大学毕业生的结合，可能形成社会中的高度不稳定因素。
• They were expecting the jobless rate to hold steady
  他们预计失业率会保持稳定。
• 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。
• 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。