单词 | unpaid |
释义 | unpaidun‧paid /ˌʌnˈpeɪd◂/ ●○○ adjective ![]() ![]() EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot earn anything for work that you do► unpaid Collocations an unpaid worker does not get paid for the work that he or she does; unpaid work is work that you do but do not get paid for: · Amir worked as an unpaid informant for the internal security service· Coburn works 20 to 25 unpaid hours a week for the organization. ► voluntary also volunteer American voluntary work is done by people who want to do it, without expecting to be paid for it: · Since retiring Martha has been doing voluntary work for the Red Cross.voluntary worker/helper etc: · Most charities depend on the services of volunteer workers. when debts have not been paid► unpaid · She left a number of unpaid bills when she went back home.· The card holder is liable for any unpaid debts.go/remain unpaid · Last month they owed £500. This went unpaid and the arrears will total £1000 by December. ► due an amount of money that is due should be paid now: · The computer printout shows the name and address of the buyer, the quantity ordered and the amount due.· Million dollar interest payments will be due in two years. ► outstanding an amount of money that is outstanding is still owed to someone: · The government plans to reduce its outstanding debt, freeing capital for investment.· The amount outstanding on your house mortgage and any other loans will be counted as liabilities. ► owing an amount of money that is owing is still left to be paid: · The total amount owing at the end of ten years will be over $20,000.· Most of the money has been repaid but there is still £5 owing. when you are paid or not paid for doing an activity or sport► professional a professional sports player, musician, actor etc gets paid for playing, acting etc, and they do it as their job: · Professional basketball players can earn millions of dollars. ► amateur an amateur sports player, musician, actor etc does not get paid for playing, acting etc , but they do it for enjoyment: · A group of amateur actors performed 'Romeo and Juliet'.· an amateur photographer ► voluntary British /volunteer American voluntary or volunteer work is done by people who do it because they believe it is useful, and do not expect to be paid: · When she retired, she did a lot of voluntary work for the Red Cross. ► unpaid not paid : unpaid worker/volunteer etc: · Perry stayed on with the Agency as an unpaid adviser.unpaid work/service/overtime etc: · Employees were often required to work unpaid overtime.unpaid leave/holiday/vacation: · The company allows its employees to take unpaid leave for various reasons. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an unpaid bill Word family· She had unpaid bills amounting to £3,000. ► unpaid/outstanding debt (=not yet paid)· The average outstanding debt on credit cards in Britain is now over £3,000. ► paid/unpaid leave· She took three days unpaid leave in order to help her daughter. ► paid/unpaid overtime· Many teachers do a lot of unpaid overtime. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bill· An unpaid bill on his last Volvo car.· In contrast, partners are legally liable for all debts and unpaid bills of the partnership.· His body was discovered not by concerned neighbours but by police chasing unpaid bills.· With Young, concussions and assorted knocks are piling up like unpaid bills.· A year later unpaid bills amounted to £590 on credit sales of £1,300.· Creditors are not impressed by this explanation for their unpaid bills.· It was crammed with unpaid bills for food and clothing.· Numerous creditors found themselves saddled with unpaid bills almost four times that amount. ► debt· The answers emphasise that businesses have difficulties with more than bank loans and unpaid debts.· Any bets taken were meticulously recorded in his diary which enabled him to remind punters of their unpaid debts. ► labour· They take no account of the unpaid labour service of volunteers, which is the essential resource element of the voluntary sector.· A true estimation of the resources involved in sport would include these unpaid labour services.· It seems she felt they were being used as unpaid labour.· In other words, the traditional division of unpaid labour in the home is being upheld rather than changed by the new scheme.· This means that both paid and unpaid labour must be assessed in terms of their contributions to society and rewarded commensurately.· The parents are quick to seize on anything that might suggest we use boys as unpaid labour.· Feminists questioned this, drawing attention to the contribution to wealth made by women's unpaid labour in the home. ► leave· These men and women had spent two weeks preparing for the big occasion, many taking unpaid leave from work.· The Democratic candidate for governor apparently objects to unpaid leave in all cases.· For most of the farmers time off would have to be taken, either as holiday or unpaid leave.· He scrupulously took unpaid leave for every day he campaigned.· She may seek to use some of her annual leave entitlement as an alternative to unpaid leave.· In fact, he conducted bank business many times when he was on unpaid leave.· It's doubtful she ever has taken a single day of unpaid leave during any of her innumerable campaigns for public office.· Patagonia allows employees two months of paid and two months of unpaid leave and allows them to return gradually to work. ► overtime· All bloody unpaid overtime, this job.· Christofferson, however, kept track of his unpaid overtime hours and by June had amassed almost 500.· Recently he has found himself working late in the office, unpaid overtime, trying to get the damned thing right.· Techniques of avoidance, easing strategies, were especially important to prevent unpaid overtime. ► seller· Thus a seller who in the normal way has accepted a cheque which is later dishonoured, is an unpaid seller.· It is of course possible for the unpaid seller to re-sell the goods in circumstances where he has no right to do so. ► tax· More controversially, the Crown for certain unpaid taxes and other levies is also accorded the status of preferential creditor.· They involved unpaid taxes from 1984 through 1987, and his failure to appear for trial in 1992.· They will therefore incur a late filing penalty as well as interest on the unpaid tax.· A tax amnesty would allow unpaid taxes since 1986 to be paid at 15-20 percent of their original value. ► work· He loved this unpaid work and had successfully developed the unit from a group of about 15 young people.· Successful candidates usually have a strong record of accomplishment in paid and unpaid work.· Will these families be more symmetrical as far as the allocation of unpaid work is concerned?· Being uncounted, the value of unpaid work in society can not be estimated.· They then complete twelve months of unpaid work, known as pupillage, for a practising barrister at that person's chambers.· Women do a lot of unpaid work in the home - significantly more than men.· A good deal of the unpaid work younger women do is maintenance of a hairless, odourless, band-box self. WORD FAMILYnounpaypaymentrepaymentpayerpayeeadjectivepaid ≠ unpaidunderpaid ≠ overpaidpayableverbpayrepayunderpay ≠ overpay 1an unpaid bill or debt has not been paid2done without receiving payment: ![]() ![]() |
随便看 |
英语词典包含52748条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。