out-of-work

adjective
🔊/ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːk/
🔊/ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːrk/
[only before noun]
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  1. unemployed失业的;下岗的
    • an out-of-work actor待业演员
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOut-of-work is used with these nouns:
    • actor, actress
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