unemployed
英 [ʌnɪm'plɒɪd; -em-]
美 [,ʌnɪm'plɔɪd]
英文詞源
- unemployed (adj.)
- 1600, "at leisure, not occupied," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of employ (v.). Meaning "temporarily out of work" is from 1660s. The noun meaning "unemployed persons collectively" is from 1782.
No man has hired us
With pocketed hands
And lowered faces
We stand about in open places
And shiver in unlit rooms ...
[T.S. Eliot, "Choruses from the Rock"]
雙語例句
- 1. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
- 被解雇的管理人員包括前銷售經理、主管和會計。
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- 2. Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed.
- 上個月，有37萬美國人加入了失業者的行列。
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- 3. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
- 失業者沒法罷工——他們沒有這種實力。
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- 4. The kids who are joyriding and ram-raiding are unemployed.
- 那些開偷來的車狂飆和駕車搶劫的年輕人都是無業遊民。
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- 5. Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
- 就業人口中有將近13%已失業。
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