核心畫面
The word describes one fact and nothing more: no paid job at the moment. It says nothing about whether someone is busy, willing, or looking — only that no employer is paying them right now. English can point that fact at one person, or gather everyone it applies to into a single group.
這個字只描述一個事實：目前沒有一份有薪水的工作。它不說這個人忙不忙、想不想做、有沒有在找——只說現在沒有雇主付他薪水…更多收起
這個字只描述一個事實：目前沒有一份有薪水的工作。它不說這個人忙不忙、想不想做、有沒有在找——只說現在沒有雇主付他薪水。英文可以拿這個事實形容一個人，也可以把符合這個事實的所有人集合成一個群體來談。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
unemployedadj/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
- 1
Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
- The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed.
- The number of unemployed keeps rising steadily.
- 2
Having no use, not doing work
- England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.
unemployednoun/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
- 1
The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。