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

• 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。
• Well, not very well. I'm jobless now.
  哎，不乍样好。现在我失业了。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were expecting the jobless rate to hold steady
  他们预计失业率会保持稳定。
• 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。
• 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。
• The report found that poor work attitudes among the long-term jobless were the major barrier to tackling unemployment.
  史密斯希望“给英国的年轻人一个机会，不要依赖外来劳动力”。报告发现，在那些长期失业的人群中，恶劣的工作态度是他们解决失业问题的主要障碍。
• 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。
• Without you, I would probably be jobless!
  如果没有你，我可能会失业！