英语词汇“jobless”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

jobless workers
Jobless youths are a major cause of concern.
the jobless rate
The bill would allow the jobless to collect 4 to 20 weeks of additional benefits.
The factory closure will leave 3,000 workers jobless.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total.
It would have meant seven hundred vacancies and work for the jobless.
The jobless rate a month ago was 8. 6 percent.
The jobless rate dropped to 8. 1 percent, the lowest in five years, the Bureau of Statistics today reported.
The Liberal Democrats have stated they would cut the national jobless total by 400,000 within a year.
When he left office, the jobless rate was a record 12 percent.
Young women, fine; and no doubt plenty, in these jobless times, would volunteer.

THESAURUS► unemployed

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 miners

► be 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

Longman Language Activatorto not have a job► not have a job/be without a job

· I don't have a job yet, but I'm going for an interview tomorrow.· She's been without a job now for three months.· Many of the students who leave the course this summer won't have a job to go to.

► be out of work

to not have a job, especially for a long period of time: · I've been out of work for two years.· At the age of 33, he suddenly found himself out of work and without much hope of finding any.be thrown out of work (=to suddenly lose your job): · The company's bankruptcy meant that 5,000 people were thrown out of work.

► unemployed

an unemployed person does not have a job: · Fifty per cent of the men in this town are unemployed.unemployed teacher/clerk/factory worker etc (=some one who usually works as a teacher etc): · The accused man is an unemployed labourer from South London.the unemployed (=people who are unemployed): · The government is not doing enough to help the unemployed.

► jobless

people who are jobless do not have jobs - used especially in news reports: · The factory closure will leave 3,000 workers jobless.· Jobless youths are a major cause of concern.the jobless (=people who do not have jobs): · The bill would allow the jobless to collect 4 to 20 weeks of additional benefits.

► be on the dole

British /be on welfare/on unemployment American to be receiving money from the government because you do not have a job: · Many people on welfare don't have anyone to take care of the kids while they train for a job.· Just about everyone on the estate is one the dole. Jobs are scarce.· He spent five months on unemployment before finding a job that paid much less than his previous job.go on the dole/go on welfare (=start getting money from the government because you do not have a job): · Students used to be allowed to go on the dole in the summer holidays, but the government has stopped that.· Rivera lost his job, and the family had to go on welfare.

WORD SETS► Employment

absenteeism, nounarticled clerk, black economy, nounbloodletting, nounblue-collar, adjectivebook-keeper, nounboss, nounbusiness agent, career path, nouncareer structure, nounCFO, Chartered Financial Consultant, nounCIO, co-manager, nouncommercial agent, company car, nouncompany doctor, company officer, competence, nouncompliance officer, co-worker, nouncreative director, curriculum vitae, nounCV, noundeputy chairman, deskill, verbdismiss, verbdowngrade, verbdownsize, verbearn, verbearner, nounemploy, verbemployable, adjectiveemployee, nounemployer, nounemployment agency, nounengage, verbenrolled agent, escrow agent, executive chairman, filing clerk, fill-in, nounfull-time, adjectiveheadhunter, nounhealth and safety, nounhuman resources, nounjob application, job centre, nounjobless, adjectivelabour exchange, nounledger clerk, moonlight, verbnatural wastage, nounnepotism, nounnetworking, nounnine to five, adverbnumber-cruncher, nounoccupational, adjectiveoff, adverboff-duty, adjectiveoperative, nounoutwork, nounoverseer, nounoverstaffed, adjectivepenalty clause, nounpension fund, nounpension plan, nounpersonnel, nounpiecework, nounpositive discrimination, nounpost, nounpreferment, nounproject engineer, qualification, nounqualify, verbquit, verbrecommendation, nounrecruit, verbredeploy, verbredundancy, nounredundant, adjectivereferee, nounreference, nounreinstate, verbresearch manager, resign, verbresignation, nounresume, nounretired, adjectiveretiree, nounretirement, nounself-employed, adjectivesharecropper, nounshift, nounskilled, adjectivetechnical analyst, testimonial, nountime and motion study, nountrainee, nountransfer agent, underemployed, adjectiveundermanned, adjectiveunderstaffed, adjectiveunemployable, adjectiveunemployed, adjectiveunemployment, noununemployment benefit, noununskilled, adjectivevacancy, nounvacant, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworkday, nounwork experience, nounworkforce, nounworking papers, nounworkweek, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► rate

· Yet the jobless rate is falling sharply.· The jobless rate is expected to be an average 8. 25 percent, up from an earlier forecast of 8 percent.· In Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire the jobless rate is three times as high as 1990.· The jobless rate for managers and professionals stands at about 2. 5 percent.· The jobless rate, which averaged 9. 5 percent in 1995, is expected to be little changed in 1996.· The jobless rate dropped to 8. 1 percent, the lowest in five years, the Bureau of Statistics today reported.· The jobless rate a month ago was 8. 6 percent.· Four years ago, when Ohio voted against incumbent Bush, the jobless rate in the state stood at 7 percent.

► total

· The Liberal Democrats have stated they would cut the national jobless total by 400,000 within a year.· Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total.· This would save up to £3 billion at a time when the jobless total is soaring.· Because they are now paid by the Department of Energy, they have been removed from the jobless totals.· According to the Unemployment Unit's calculations including them takes the jobless total to more than three million.· The unadjusted jobless total increased by 78,726 last month to 3,062,065, the highest since April 1987.· Britain's jobless total will top three million around Christmas and carry on rising into the New Year.

WORD FAMILYnounjobjoblessadjectivejobless

单词	jobless
释义	joblessjob‧less /ˈdʒɒbləs $ ˈdʒɑːb-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES jobless workers Jobless youths are a major cause of concern. the jobless rate The bill would allow the jobless to collect 4 to 20 weeks of additional benefits. The factory closure will leave 3,000 workers jobless. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total. It would have meant seven hundred vacancies and work for the jobless. The jobless rate a month ago was 8. 6 percent. The jobless rate dropped to 8. 1 percent, the lowest in five years, the Bureau of Statistics today reported. The Liberal Democrats have stated they would cut the national jobless total by 400,000 within a year. When he left office, the jobless rate was a record 12 percent. Young women, fine; and no doubt plenty, in these jobless times, would volunteer. Thesaurus THESAURUS► unemployed 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 miners ► be 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 Longman Language Activatorto not have a job► not have a job/be without a job · I don't have a job yet, but I'm going for an interview tomorrow.· She's been without a job now for three months.· Many of the students who leave the course this summer won't have a job to go to. ► be out of work to not have a job, especially for a long period of time: · I've been out of work for two years.· At the age of 33, he suddenly found himself out of work and without much hope of finding any.be thrown out of work (=to suddenly lose your job): · The company's bankruptcy meant that 5,000 people were thrown out of work. ► unemployed an unemployed person does not have a job: · Fifty per cent of the men in this town are unemployed.unemployed teacher/clerk/factory worker etc (=some one who usually works as a teacher etc): · The accused man is an unemployed labourer from South London.the unemployed (=people who are unemployed): · The government is not doing enough to help the unemployed. ► jobless people who are jobless do not have jobs - used especially in news reports: · The factory closure will leave 3,000 workers jobless.· Jobless youths are a major cause of concern.the jobless (=people who do not have jobs): · The bill would allow the jobless to collect 4 to 20 weeks of additional benefits. ► be on the dole British /be on welfare/on unemployment American to be receiving money from the government because you do not have a job: · Many people on welfare don't have anyone to take care of the kids while they train for a job.· Just about everyone on the estate is one the dole. Jobs are scarce.· He spent five months on unemployment before finding a job that paid much less than his previous job.go on the dole/go on welfare (=start getting money from the government because you do not have a job): · Students used to be allowed to go on the dole in the summer holidays, but the government has stopped that.· Rivera lost his job, and the family had to go on welfare. WORD SETS► Employment absenteeism, nounarticled clerk, black economy, nounbloodletting, nounblue-collar, adjectivebook-keeper, nounboss, nounbusiness agent, career path, nouncareer structure, nounCFO, Chartered Financial Consultant, nounCIO, co-manager, nouncommercial agent, company car, nouncompany doctor, company officer, competence, nouncompliance officer, co-worker, nouncreative director, curriculum vitae, nounCV, noundeputy chairman, deskill, verbdismiss, verbdowngrade, verbdownsize, verbearn, verbearner, nounemploy, verbemployable, adjectiveemployee, nounemployer, nounemployment agency, nounengage, verbenrolled agent, escrow agent, executive chairman, filing clerk, fill-in, nounfull-time, adjectiveheadhunter, nounhealth and safety, nounhuman resources, nounjob application, job centre, nounjobless, adjectivelabour exchange, nounledger clerk, moonlight, verbnatural wastage, nounnepotism, nounnetworking, nounnine to five, adverbnumber-cruncher, nounoccupational, adjectiveoff, adverboff-duty, adjectiveoperative, nounoutwork, nounoverseer, nounoverstaffed, adjectivepenalty clause, nounpension fund, nounpension plan, nounpersonnel, nounpiecework, nounpositive discrimination, nounpost, nounpreferment, nounproject engineer, qualification, nounqualify, verbquit, verbrecommendation, nounrecruit, verbredeploy, verbredundancy, nounredundant, adjectivereferee, nounreference, nounreinstate, verbresearch manager, resign, verbresignation, nounresume, nounretired, adjectiveretiree, nounretirement, nounself-employed, adjectivesharecropper, nounshift, nounskilled, adjectivetechnical analyst, testimonial, nountime and motion study, nountrainee, nountransfer agent, underemployed, adjectiveundermanned, adjectiveunderstaffed, adjectiveunemployable, adjectiveunemployed, adjectiveunemployment, noununemployment benefit, noununskilled, adjectivevacancy, nounvacant, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworkday, nounwork experience, nounworkforce, nounworking papers, nounworkweek, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► rate · Yet the jobless rate is falling sharply.· The jobless rate is expected to be an average 8. 25 percent, up from an earlier forecast of 8 percent.· In Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire the jobless rate is three times as high as 1990.· The jobless rate for managers and professionals stands at about 2. 5 percent.· The jobless rate, which averaged 9. 5 percent in 1995, is expected to be little changed in 1996.· The jobless rate dropped to 8. 1 percent, the lowest in five years, the Bureau of Statistics today reported.· The jobless rate a month ago was 8. 6 percent.· Four years ago, when Ohio voted against incumbent Bush, the jobless rate in the state stood at 7 percent. ► total · The Liberal Democrats have stated they would cut the national jobless total by 400,000 within a year.· Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total.· This would save up to £3 billion at a time when the jobless total is soaring.· Because they are now paid by the Department of Energy, they have been removed from the jobless totals.· According to the Unemployment Unit's calculations including them takes the jobless total to more than three million.· The unadjusted jobless total increased by 78,726 last month to 3,062,065, the highest since April 1987.· Britain's jobless total will top three million around Christmas and carry on rising into the New Year. Word family WORD FAMILYnounjobjoblessadjectivejobless 1without a job SYN unemployed► see thesaurus at unemployed2the jobless [plural] people who are jobless
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