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 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 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。
• 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。
• So the combination of millions of low-status jobless migrant labourers and unemployed graduates could form a highly combustible mix.
  因此数百万地位低下的无业民工和失业大学毕业生的结合，可能形成社会中的高度不稳定因素。
• Idle carpenters; jobless transients; many people in the area were out of work.
  闲着的木匠；失业的瞬时现象；这个地区的许多人都失业了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Without you, I would probably be jobless!
  如果没有你，我可能会失业！
• Well, not very well. I'm jobless now.
  哎，不乍样好。现在我失业了。