| 单词 | the dole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe dole a. That which is distributed or doled out; esp. a gift of food or money made in charity; hence, a portion sparingly doled out; spec. (usually the dole); the popular name for the various kinds of weekly payments made from national and local funds to the unemployed since the war of 1914–18. (to be or go) on the dole: (to be or start being) in receipt of such unemployment relief; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > that which is distributed or dealt out dole1362 distributive1641 distribuend1874 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > unemployment benefit unemployment benefit1909 the dole1919 buroo1934 pineapple1937 rocking-chair money1938 susso1941 unemployment1976 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 63 Whon ȝe ȝiuen doles. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. (1482) ccxlvi. 311 A dole to poure peple of vi shyllynges viii pens to be delyd peny mele. 1566 R. Mighells in Suckling Suffolk (1847) 86 There was tythe of fysche called Christs dole, paid in this manner: vidlt, of every fisher boat going to the sea, half a dole. 1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 379 Rich men..cast into the Treasury large Doles, and royall offerings. 1793 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Wks. (1823) VII. 136 At Paris..the bread they buy is a daily dole. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xl. 522 Recipients of the ordinary dole of grain. 1894 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Jan. 59/4 Not a penny of it was distributed until November 1, and then only in doles and driblets. 1919 Daily Mail 11 June 8/4 You won't draw your out-of-work dole of 29s. this week. 1923 L. A. Harker Master & Maid (new ed.) xx. 265 If only I'd danced an Irish jig I believe I could have got the whole of them to increase the dole. 1925 Westm. Gaz. 26 Mar. 3,000 Aliens on the Dole. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) 277 To speak of Unemployment Benefit as ‘the dole’ is to misrepresent the facts. 1933 W. Greenwood (title) Love on the dole. A tale of the two cities. 1937 Daily Herald 21 Jan. 4/2 Beef producers must not consider themselves as ‘on the dole for ever’, but must use the assistance to reorganise the industry. 1955 Times 29 July 5/6 The nation was on the dole, and had been for 10 years. < as lemmas |
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