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 Losing your job 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
Being unemployed 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2Many 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + dole- claim
- go on
- sign on
- …
- money
- queue
- office
- …
- off the dole
- on the dole
Word OriginOld 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