unemployed

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #7504 ★★☆☆☆

a. 失业的, 未被利用的 [经] 没有被雇用的, 失业的, 没有被利用的

发音

其它 /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
US /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/

词形变化

only 复数 unemployeds

教材释义与例句

形容词

失业的；未被利用的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.

    失业者

    仅复数
adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Having no job despite being able and willing to work.

    失业的

    The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed.

    The number of unemployed keeps rising steadily.

  2. 2.

    Having no use, not doing work

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

people
形容词

反义词 1

employed

近义相关 6

fired dismissed idle jobless out-of-work laid-off

参见 1

idle

相关短语

shake hands with the unemployed

词源

From un- + employed.

来源：wiktionary