out of work

英 [ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːk]

美 [ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːrk]

adj.  失业的; 下岗的

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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

• My husband is out of work.
  我的丈夫失业了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I've been out of work* So just give me a little time.
  我失业了，给我一点时间。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Why were you out of work for so long?
  你为什么这么久没有工作呢？
• This can cause employee out of work and impact the stabilization and flourish of society.
  另外，还会造成员工下岗失业，影响社会的稳定和繁荣。