jobless
jobless — 形容詞
- joblesspositive
- more joblesscomparative
- most joblesssuperlative
1. not earning money because you do not have paid work, often after losing a previo
失業的
沒有支薪工作而失去收入的狀態
not earning money because you do not have paid work, often after losing a previous job
Leo has been jobless for six months since the printing factory closed.
自從印刷廠關門後，Leo 已經失業六個月了。
be + jobless + for [time] for duration of unemployment
Eleni felt anxious about being jobless with two small children at home.
Eleni 帶著兩個小孩在家，對自己失業這件事感到焦慮。
predicative: be jobless after the linking verb
Thousands of jobless workers gathered outside the town hall to demand help.
成千上萬的失業勞工聚集在市政廳外，要求政府提供協助。
attributive: jobless + plural noun (workers, families)
After the bank merger, Astrid found herself suddenly jobless at the age of fifty.
銀行合併後，Astrid 在五十歲時突然失業了。
collocation: suddenly jobless after a sudden cause
Darius volunteered at the food bank while he was jobless last winter.
去年冬天 Darius 失業期間，他到食物銀行當志工。
be jobless describing a temporary period of someone's life
- jobless rate
- jobless claims
- jobless benefits
- remain jobless
- become jobless
- unemployed
the standard neutral term; more common in everyday speech and official forms
- out of work
informal phrasal alternative; suggests the state is recent or temporary
- redundant
British English; specifically means dismissed because the employer no longer needs the role
文法句型
be jobless
jobless [noun]
用法筆記
Often appears in news writing about unemployment statistics (e.g. 'jobless rate', 'jobless claims'). In personal speech, 'out of work' or 'unemployed' is more common than 'jobless'.
常見錯誤
jobless — 名詞
1. people without paid work, treated as a group, especially in writing about the ec
失業者
整體沒有支薪工作的人群
people without paid work, treated as a group, especially in writing about the economy or social policy
The government promised more training programs for the jobless next year.
政府承諾明年為失業者提供更多的職業訓練課程。
always preceded by 'the'; takes a plural verb
Charities in the city handed out hot meals to the jobless every Sunday.
市區的慈善團體每週日為失業者發放熱食。
for the jobless = for unemployed people as a group
Newspapers reported that the jobless were waiting hours to file their claims.
報紙報導失業者要等好幾個小時才能提出申請。
the jobless + plural verb (were, are, have)
Local volunteers built a small library inside the shelter that served the jobless.
當地志工在收容失業者的庇護所裡蓋了一間小型圖書室。
formal register typical of news and policy writing
- help the jobless
- support for the jobless
- the long-term jobless
- training for the jobless
- the unemployed
the standard equivalent; identical pattern with 'the' and plural verb
- job seekers
softer phrasing common in official documents; emphasises looking for work rather than lacking it
- the employed
parallel formation; people who have paid work
文法句型
the jobless
用法筆記
Only sense that takes the definite article 'the' as a plural noun for a whole social group ('the jobless = unemployed people'). Distinguish from the adjective sense, which describes a single person or thing.
常見錯誤
同根字
- job名詞A1
- joblessness名詞B2
- unemployed形容詞A2
- unemployment名詞B1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- jobless rate
- jobless claims
- jobless benefits
- jobless workers
- jobless families
副詞搭配
- currently jobless
- suddenly jobless
- long-term jobless
常用片語
- become jobless
- remain jobless
- help the jobless
介系詞搭配
- jobless for [duration]
- jobless since [event]