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单词 dole
释义
dole
noun[S]
uk
/dəʊl/us
/doʊl/
the doleUKinformal
themoneythat thegovernmentgives topeoplewho areunemployed:
失业救济金
Youngpeopleon(=receiving)the dole are oftenboredandfrustrated.领失业救济金生活的年轻人常常感到百无聊赖，心灰意冷。
If I can'tfindanyworkwithin amonth, I'll have togo onthe dole.一个月内如果还找不到工作，我就得靠失业救济金生活了。
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  • After theminesclosed, myunclespentthe next tenyearson the dole.
  • Even though he was agraduate, he took acleaningjobratherthanstayon the dole.
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(Definition ofdolefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

the dole| Business English

the dole
noun[S]
ECONOMICSUKinformal
uk
us
(USwelfare)
themoneythatunemployedpeoplereceivefrom thegovernment:
Workers, intheircountlessthousands, werefacingthedole.
on the dole
unemployedandreceivingmoneyfrom thegovernment:
Hespenteighteenmonthson thedole.

dole

adjective[only before noun]
dolecheats
(Definition ofthe dolefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdole

dole
Once the building works ceased and doles were withdrawn, the refugees had to find other work in order to survive.
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And, he asks us to conclude, how like this second picture, of undeserved and damaging doles, is to our state welfare system today.
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It made more financial sense to pay a smalldoleto one pauper than to house their entire family in-doors.
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Charity accounts frequently displayed a response to increasing need that widened the recipient group while reducing the value of doles.
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By and large the recipients of the breaddolewere old, with a high proportion of widows among them.
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They drew on village doles and other charitable resources.
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That role was necessary because the ' 'dole' ' supported the jobless indefinitely.
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During this period the amount spent on doles was generally around £7 a year.
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After 1810 further standardization took place and the 7s doles limited to those families with five children or more.
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There has been considerable discussion about the staying power of philanthropy and the motives behind funeral doles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Although they constitute a right, some people regard these payments as charitable 'dole' and resent having to depend on them.
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The number supported by weekly bread doles for most of the year leapt to 9 in 1571/1572 and 17 in 1588/1589.
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Why shouldn't they work for theirdolepayment?
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Are the lines "dole"/"drink" (7, 8) and "anear"/"away" (9,10) couplets?
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Interestingly, when after the reversion of the manor and lands in 1722 to the previous landowning family the new landlord publicly announced that he was restoring doles.!
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