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 official jobless rate conceals a surge in long-term unemployment to a postwar record.
  隐满了长期失业率蹿升的官方失业率创下战后记录。
• 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。
• Large numbers of highly educated, jobless graduates in huge debt from student loans could cause trouble.
  大量受过高等教育的没有工作的毕业生还欠有高额学生贷款，这可能引起一些社会问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• Globally, women are more likely to be jobless, bearing the worst setbacks of the economic crisis.
  全球性的问题是，妇女更容易失业，遭受更糟糕的经济危机的挫折。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In industrial countries, economic and political shocks affect jobless rates.
  在工业化国家，经济及政治动会影响失业率。