unemployed

adj.

1. 失业的；待业的；下岗的
   without a job although able to work
   1. How long have you been unemployed?
      你失业多久了？
   2. an unemployed builder
      失业的建筑工人

1. ADJ 未受雇用的；失业的
   Someone who is unemployed does not have a job.
   1. The problem is millions of people are unemployed...
      问题是，大批的人都失业了。
   2. 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。
   3. Have you been unemployed for over six months?
      你失业有6个多月了？
   4. The unemployed are people who are unemployed.
      失业者
   5. We want to create jobs for the unemployed.
      我们想为失业者创造就业岗位。

1. Being unemployed produces negative attitudes to work
   失业会产生对工作的消极态度。
2. If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment
   如果他们失去工作，一定会产生怨恨。
3. Her husband is unemployed and the family depends on charity.
   她丈夫失业了，全家人靠救济金过日子。
4. There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed.
   政府现行的失业方案已经有点强制的意味了。
5. He just wants to draw attention to the plight of the unemployed.
   他仅仅是想引起人们对失业者困境的关注。
6. One problem not mentioned is the unemployed may not have the skills to fill the vacancies on offer
   一个没有提及的问题是，失业人员也许缺乏填补所提供的空职的技能。
7. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
   被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。
8. The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month
   上个月，波兰的失业人数增长超过了1/4。
9. The unemployed are not a homogeneous group
   失业者不能一概而论。
10. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
    失业者没法罢工——他们没有这种实力。
11. The longer people have been unemployed, the harder it is for them to compete in the labour market.
    失业时间越长，就越难在劳动力市场与别人竞争。
12. One in 10 Californians is unemployed and thousands more live in fear of losing their jobs.
    十分之一的加利福尼亚人没有工作，还有数以千计的人成天提心吊胆地害怕失去工作。
13. Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.
    失业的小年轻在工厂门口游荡。
14. A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected
    一项旨在帮助长期失业者的新的培训计划有望出台。
15. Unemployed Queenslanders were victims of personal crime twice as often as employed people.
    在昆士兰，失业人群沦为个人犯罪受害者的可能性比就业人群高一倍。
16. A job placement program exists to help those who are unemployed.
    就业安置计划是为了帮助那些失业者。
17. The kids who are joyriding and ram-raiding are unemployed.
    那些开偷来的车狂飙和驾车抢劫的年轻人都是无业游民。
18. Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed
    上个月，有37万美国人加入了失业者的行列。
19. Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people.
    因为要救济300万失业人口，公共支出即将被耗尽。
20. Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.
    公司应获许以较低的工资给长期失业的人提供岗位。
21. My father was an unemployed labourer
    我父亲是一名失业劳工。
22. The problem is millions of people are unemployed
    问题是，大批的人都失业了。
23. 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。
24. Have you been unemployed for over six months?
    你失业有6个多月了？
25. I've got loads of friends who're unemployed
    我有很多失业的朋友。
26. Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
    就业人口中有将近13%已失业。
27. The unemployed workers agreed to take further action.
    失业工人一致同意采取进一步的行动。
28. Most of the people I know are unemployed.
    我认识的大部分人都失业了。
29. Millions are homeless and unemployed.
    数百万人无家可归和失业。

noun

1. people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
   1. the long-term unemployed need assistance

   Synonym:    unemployed people

adj

1. not engaged in a gainful occupation
   1. unemployed workers marched on the capital