[ADJ 形容词]未受雇用的;失业的 Someone who is unemployed does not have a job.
[the N]
The problem is millions of people are unemployed...
问题是,大批的人都失业了。
This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby...
该研习班会帮助格里姆斯比的失业青年。
Have you been unemployed for over six months?
你失业有6个多月了?
The unemployed are people who are unemployed.失业者
We want to create jobs for the unemployed.
我们想为失业者创造就业岗位。
Oxford
un·employed★/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd; NAmEˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/adjectivewithout a job although able to work 失业的;待业的;下岗的SYN
jobless
◆How long have you been unemployed?你失业多久了?◆an unemployed builder失业的建筑工人☞collocationsat
unemployment
▶the un·employed★/; NAmE/noun[plural ]◆a programme to get the long-term unemployedback to work 协助长期失业者恢复工作的计划◆I've joined the ranks of the unemployed (= I've lost my job).我加入了失业者的行列。un·employed/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd; NAmEˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/the un·employed/; NAmE/
without a jobSYN out of work: an unemployed actor I’ve only been unemployed for a few weeks.RegisterIn everyday English, people often say out of work rather than unemployed:· He’s been out of work since January.THESAURUSunemployed someone who is unemployed does not have a job: · Fifty percent of the men in this town are unemployed.out of work unemployed, especially for a long period of time, when you had a job before: · I’ve been out of work for two years.redundant British English if someone is redundant, they have been told that they no longer have a job: · He was made redundant earlier this year.· redundant minersbe on the dole British English, be on welfare/on unemployment American English to be receiving money from the government because you do not have a job: · I didn’t want to go back on the dole.· Many people on welfare don’t have anyone to take care of the kids while they train for a job.be looking for work if someone is looking for work, they do not have a job and are trying to find one: · How long have you been looking for work?jobless people who are jobless do not have jobs – used especially in news reports: · The jobless totals have risen by 6% in the last year.· jobless youths
unemployed1 adjective
unemployed2 noun
unemployedunemployed2 noun
Examples
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Word family
the unemployed [plural] people who have no jobthe long-term unemployed (=people who have not had a job for a long time) a retraining scheme for the long-term unemployed
WDF
unemployed
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失业者(52%),失业的(46%),未投资的(2%)
adj.失业的;未被利用的
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