out-of-work

IPA/ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːk/
IPA/ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːrk/

out-of-work — 形容詞

1. without a paid job at the present time, especially when describing people before

1.形容詞B2
釋義

失業的

放在名詞前，指目前沒工作

without a paid job at the present time, especially when describing people before a noun.

例句

The charity found winter coats for out-of-work hotel staff.

慈善機構替失業的飯店員工找到冬衣。

hyphenated adjective before a noun

Out-of-work nurses were offered free bus passes by the city.

市政府提供免費公車票給失業的護理師。

out-of-work + plural noun

常見搭配
  • out-of-work actor
  • out-of-work miner
  • out-of-work parent
  • out-of-work staff
同義詞
  • unemployed

    the standard neutral word, especially in official or news contexts

  • jobless

    is close in meaning, but it can sound a little stronger or colder

  • laid off

    is narrower and means someone lost work because the employer cut jobs

反義詞

文法句型

out-of-work + noun

用法筆記

Used mainly before a noun, especially for groups of people affected by unemployment. Distinguish from the idiom out of work, which is the usual open form after a verb: She is out of work.

常見錯誤

an out of work teacher
an out-of-work teacher
use hyphens when this form comes before a noun.
The teacher is out-of-work.
The teacher is out of work.
after a verb, the usual form is the open idiom, not the hyphenated adjective.
慣用語

out of work

idiom

without a job, especially for a period of time while looking for another one.

失業；沒有工作

After the factory closed, hundreds of local people were out of work.

Nina was out of work for three months before a bakery hired her.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • out-of-work actor
  • out-of-work miner
  • out-of-work family
  • out-of-work father

副詞搭配

  • temporarily out of work
  • currently out of work
  • permanently out of work

常用片語

  • be out of work
  • go out of work
  • find yourself out of work
  • be left out of work

介系詞搭配

  • out of work for [period]
  • out of work after [event]