【句子】I’ve been out of work for seven years. 【Desperate Housewives S02E01】
【发音】/aɪv/ /biːn/ /aʊt/ /əv/ /wɜː(r)k/ /fə(r)/ /ˈsev.ən/ /jɪə(r)z/
【发音技巧】been out of两处连读+一处闪音;work for不完全爆破;
【翻译】我都七年没有工作过了。
【适用场合】
out of work什么意思呢?
其实就是Unemployed,“待业中/没工作/不工作”
eg: Todd was out of work for almost a year.
Todd差不多一年没工作了。
eg: He lost his job a year ago and has been out of work ever since.
他一年前丢了工作,至此一直没有再上班。
eg: Joe was out of work for nearly six months after the economy crashed.
在经济萧条以后,Joe待业了几乎6个月/Joe几乎六个月没有工作了。
eg: You'll be out of work if you ever pull a stunt like that again, do you understand?
你要下次再那么搞,你工作就没了,听明白了吗?
有的时候这个短语还可以用来指:
having no work to do
上班的时候,工作量不饱和,没事情做;
eg: They don't give her enough assignments-she's always out of work.
他们没有给她足够的任务,她总是工作量不饱和。
那有同学可能会问了,out of work对应的反义表达是什么呢?
你可以说in work;
在口语中,in work的意思是:在上班;有工作;
having a paid job;employed;
eg: They are in work. = They have a job.
他们有工作。
eg: Is your husband in work at the moment?
你丈夫现在有工作吗?
eg: After almost a year of unemployment, I'm thrilled to be back in work right now.
在失业将近一年以后,我现在又开始工作了,超开心的。
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经济不景气,很多人都处在失业中。