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

• 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 was out of work when the factory closed.
  他在工厂倒闭后失业了。
• Lots of people are out of work these days.
  现在许多人都失业了！
• It was really bad luck on Bob. He had been out of work for over a year.
  鲍勃真是交了厄运，他失业已有一年多了。
• Very good, captain, except that we're out of work.
  很好，队长，只不过我们失业了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My husband is out of work.
  我的丈夫失业了。
• At the end of2006, the factory went bankrupt and both of Chen and Wang were out of work.
  2006年底，针织厂破产了，陈勇军和王莉都失业了。