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

• Why were you out of work for so long?
  你为什么这么久没有工作呢？
• 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。
• This will help you develop a realistic timetable for how long you can afford to be out of work.
  这将帮助你产生可承受多长时间失业的一份现实时刻表。
• Being out of work causes poverty.
  失业导致贫困。
• 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。
• He was out of work when the factory closed.
  他在工厂倒闭后失业了。
• He has recently been out of work, so he wants to find something to do.
  他近来没事儿，想找点儿事情做。
• He was out of work owing to a physical injury
  他因为受伤而失业了。
• 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。
• 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。