1. receiving money that a government (especially the British government) gives to people who do not have jobs or who are very poor They've been on the dole for a year. They're going on the dole.
on the dole 例句
英汉例句
it is very difficult to save while on the dole but i am determined.
靠救济金想存一些钱是很难的,但我决心已定。
i read she was on the dole when she wrote the first book.
我看报导说她写第一本小说时靠领失业救济金过活。
life on the dole bring sadness to the soul.
靠人施舍过活,精神不会好受。
patrick has been out of work and on the dole for more that six months.
帕特里克失业了,拿失业救济金已有6个多月了。
they were interned and live to this day in so-called refugee camps, slum cities, in which they lead miserable and totally unproductive lives, dependent on the dole of the world.
他们被拘禁在所谓的难民营,贫民窟,过着痛苦且毫无建设性的生活,仰赖国际救济度日。
who better to oppose that than a down-to-earth young mum who has herself spent time on the dole when she got ill?
有谁能比一个扎扎实实的,自己在生病时靠救济金度日的年轻妈妈更好地反对这些政策呢?
surveys show that with each passing week on the dole their chances of finding a job get slimmer.
调查显示,领取救济金时间越长,找到新工作的希望越渺茫。
will persons going on the dole be respected?
靠救济金生活的人会受尊敬吗?
middle-class families see their graduate offspring on the dole queue and wonder why they bothered shelling out on school fees.