out of work
[英][aut ɔv wə:k][美][aʊt ʌv wɚk]
失業(yè);
例句:
1.
Holiday gatherings can be anything but festive for people who are out of work.
對于失業(yè)的人來說,節(jié)假日聚會根本不是什么快樂的場合.
2.
Millions have been thrown out of work.
已經(jīng)有上百萬人失去了工作.
3.
He invented an advanced sewing machine,but feared it would throw seamstresses out of work.
他還發(fā)明了先進(jìn)的縫紉機(jī),但又害怕這會搶了裁縫的飯碗.
4.
With so many people out of work,every job has a lot of competition.
失業(yè)的人如此多,所以每一份工作都有著很大的競爭力.
5.
Over the summer,more than half of under 25-year-olds in spain and greece were jobless,while the segment of people out of work in the euro zone as a whole reached a 15-year high at 17.2 million.
與此同時(shí),歐元區(qū)25歲以下失業(yè)總?cè)藬?shù)達(dá)到了1,720萬人,創(chuàng)下了15年來的峰值.