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

• We have to do more for the poor and the jobless.
  我们必须为穷人和失业者多做一些事。
• The severe recession and high jobless rates have not done nearly enough to lower labor costs.
  严重的经济衰退和高失业率尚不足以降低劳动力成本。
• 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。
• 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。
• Without you, I would probably be jobless!
  如果没有你，我可能会失业！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。