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

• 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。
• I've been out of work* So just give me a little time.
  我失业了，给我一点时间。
• Some of us have been out of work for years.
  我们中有些人已经失业好几年了。
• The studio could punish its players by keeping them out of work, and otherwise controlling their lives.
  电影公司能通过让艺人坐冷板凳来惩罚他们，并采用其他方式控制他们的生活。
• He was out of work when the factory closed.
  他在工厂倒闭后失业了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Being out of work causes poverty.
  失业导致贫困。
• 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。