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 was out of work at the time
  那时我失业了。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was out of work when the factory closed.
  他在工厂倒闭后失业了。
• If new technologies reduced the total number of jobs, we would all be out of work by now.
  如果新技术减少了工作岗位总数，那么我们大家现在肯定都已经失业了。
• Lots of people are out of work these days.
  现在许多人都失业了！
• 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。
• I just do not want to run all day long out of work.
  我想找个不需要成天往外跑的工作。
• Being out of work causes poverty.
  失业导致贫困。
• Some of us have been out of work for years.
  我们中有些人已经失业好几年了。