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

• 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。
• Even jobless citizens in Beijing will enjoy health insurance starting this month.
  北京失业者将从本月起享有医疗保险。
• This morning's new jobless numbers are a little worse than expected.
  今天早上，新失业人数比预期稍差。
• Some indirect costs of unemployment, though, seem to be amplified when the jobless are young.
  然而，失业造成的一些间接成本，貌似因为是青年失业而有所扩大。
• And I bet half of the31 percent of us Americans that have been jobless for over a year have been out of work for at least two years.
  我打赌，在我们31%的失业超过一年的美国人中，有一些人已经失业至少两年了。
• In July Belgium's jobless rate was unchanged at 8.2% of the workforce.
  7月份，比利时的失业率没有发生变化，仍占劳动人口的8.2%。
• They were expecting the jobless rate to hold steady
  他们预计失业率会保持稳定。
• Well, guess what? I saw my jobless@ friend@ on Tuesday.
  对了，你猜怎么着？星期二我看到那位失业的朋友了。
• The film company collapsed, leaving Chris jobless and minus his life savings.
  电影公司垮了，克里斯没了工作，也失去了他一生的积蓄。
• 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。