unemployed
英 [ʌnɪm'plɒɪd; -em-]
美 [,ʌnɪm'plɔɪd]
英語の語源
- unemployed (adj.)
- 1600, "at leisure, not occupied," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of employ (v.). Meaning "temporarily out of work" is from 1660s. The noun meaning "unemployed persons collectively" is from 1782.
No man has hired us
With pocketed hands
And lowered faces
We stand about in open places
And shiver in unlit rooms ...
[T.S. Eliot, "Choruses from the Rock"]
例文
- 1. The unemployed executives include former sales managers，directors and accountants.
- 解雇された管理職には、元営業マネージャ、エグゼクティブ、会計が含まれます。
＜dl>＜dt＞2.Last month，37000 Americans joined the ranks of the
unemployed .
先月、37万人のアメリカ人が失業者の仲間入りをした。- 3.The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour-they have no power.
- 失業者はストライキできない--彼らにはその実力はない。
- 4.The kids who are joyriding and ram-rading are unemployed .
- 盗んだ車で暴れたり、車で強盗をしたりする若者は無職だ。
- 5.Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed .
- 就業人口の13%近くが失業している。