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 government's new scheme is designed to help the jobless.
  政府制定了协助失业者的新计划。
• In both Britain and America the jobless were encouraged to buy their own homes.
  在英国和美国，失业者被鼓励买房。
• The slow economy is really a burden on the jobless rate now.
  经济发展迟缓是对现今失业率的一大负担。
• US unemployment figures for March showed the jobless rate stuck at 7 per cent
  3月份的美国失业数据显示失业率一直徘徊在7%上下。
• 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。
• The rise, the first in 10 months, reversed the downward trend in Belgium's jobless rate.
  10个月来失业率的首次上升逆转了比利时失业率持续下降的趋势。
• In this so-called jobless recovery, you might be wondering who in the world is hiring.
  在如今这个称之为无就业经济复苏的时期，你可能想知道世界上有谁找到了工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。