dole
noun /dəʊl/
/dəʊl/
[singular] (usually the dole)
(British English, informal)- money paid by the state to unemployed people
失业救济金 - on the dole He's been on the dole (= without a job) for a year.
他领失业救济金已一年了。 - The changes will affect about 80 per cent of those receiving the dole.
这些变化将影响大约80%领取失业救济金的人。 - There have been calls to increase dole payments.
有人呼吁增加失业救济金。 - We could all be in the dole queue on Monday (= have lost our jobs).
我们都可能在星期一站在领取失业救济金的队伍里。
Collocations UnemploymentUnemployment失业 失业 - lose your job
失业 - (British English) become/be made redundant
被裁减 - be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
被要求／选择自愿裁退／提前退休 - face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
面临被解职／被裁／强制裁员；受到解职／被裁／强制裁员的威胁 - dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
解雇雇员／工人／经理 - lay off staff/workers/employees
解雇员工／工人／雇员 - (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
缩减人员 - cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
裁减员工 - (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
裁员
失业；待业；下岗 - be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
失业 - seek/look for work/employment
找工作 - be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
领取失业补助金 - be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
领取失业救济金 - claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
领取失业救济金 - be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
领取／有资格领取失业补偿金 - be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
靠社会保障金过活 - collect/receive (North American English) welfare
领取社会保障金 - combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
防止／解决／减少失业
Topics Social issuesc2- Many had come off the dole and set up their own small businesses.
许多人不再靠领取失业救济金生活，自己做起了小生意。 - School leavers were joining the dole queue every day.
每天都有离校生加入领取失业救济的长队中。 - She lost her job and had to go on the dole.
她失业了，不得不领取失业救济金。 - She was on the dole for three years before she got a job.
在找到工作前，她靠失业救济金生活了 3 年。 - The factory closure will mean another few hundred people having to live on the dole.
工厂关闭将意味着又有几百人不得不依靠失业救济金生活。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + dole- claim
- go on
- sign on
- …
- money
- queue
- office
- …
- off the dole
- on the dole
词源Old English dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to deal. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th cent. - on the dole He's been on the dole (= without a job) for a year.