zero-hours
adjective🔊/ˈzɪərəʊ aʊəz/
🔊/ˈzɪrəʊ aʊərz/
(also zero-hour)
[only before noun] (British English)used to describe or refer to a contract of employment in which the employee is not guaranteed regular hours of work and is only paid for the hours they actually work Workers on zero-hours contracts do not know how much they will earn from week to week. 签订了零工时合同的工人每周都不知道他们能赚多少钱。 The company is taking on more zero-hours workers. 该公司正在招聘更多的零时工。