without a job although able to work 失业的；未被雇用的◆How long have you been unemployed? 你失业多久了？◆an unemployed builder/engineer 失业建筑工人／工程师◆unemployed people/workers 失业人员／工人SYNout of work
(usuallythe unemployed) [] people who are unemployed 失业人员；失业者◆a programme to get the long-term unemployed back to work 促使长期失业者重新就业的计划◆The country now has four million unemployed. 这个国家目前有四百万失业者。