out of work是什么意思

out of work是什么意思

out of work[英][aut ɔv wə:k][美][aʊt ʌv wɚk]失业; 例句:1.Holiday gatherings can be anything but festive for people who are out of work. 对于失业的人来说，节假日聚会根本不是什么快乐的场合。2.Millions have been thrown out of work. 已经有上百万人失去了工作。3.He invented an advanced sewing machine, but feared it would throw seamstresses out of work. 他还发明了先进的缝纫机，但又害怕这会抢了裁缝的饭碗。4.With so many people out of work, every job has a lot of competition. 失业的人如此多，所以每一份工作都有着很大的竞争力。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. 与此同时，欧元区25岁以下失业总人数达到了1,720万人，创下了15年来的峰值。