out-of-work

out-of-work — 形容詞

1. describes a person who does not currently have a paid job or any source of earne

1.形容詞B1
釋義

失業的

沒有工作的；未就業的

describes a person who does not currently have a paid job or any source of earned income

例句

Piotr, an out-of-work electrician, spends his mornings at the job centre.

Piotr 是一名失業的電工，每天早上都去就業中心報到。

attributive: out-of-work + occupation noun

The city opened a free training programme for out-of-work construction workers.

市政府為失業的建築工人開設了免費培訓課程。

常見搭配
  • out-of-work actor
  • out-of-work teacher
  • out-of-work engineer
  • out-of-work single mother
  • out-of-work union member
同義詞
  • unemployed

    more formal and can be used both before a noun and after a linking verb

  • jobless

    slightly more informal; often used in news headlines

  • laid-off

    implies the person lost their job because the employer ended the position, not because they quit

反義詞
  • employed

    the direct opposite; having a paid job

文法句型

out-of-work + noun

用法筆記

Only this sense (with hyphens) can be placed before a noun. The predicative form is the idiom 'out of work' below.

常見錯誤

He is out-of-work right now.
He is out of work right now.
The hyphenated form is only used attributively before a noun, not after a linking verb like 'be'.
She is an out of work nurse.
She is an out-of-work nurse.
Without hyphens, the phrase cannot function as a single adjective before a noun.
慣用語

out of work

idiom

not currently employed; having no job to go to

失業

Nadia has been out of work for six months since the restaurant shut down.

Eitan was out of work for a year before he found a position in a hospital.

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常用片語

  • find oneself out of work