dole
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dole1 /dəʊl $ doʊl/ noun [uncountable] informal 1 PEW British English money given by the government in Britain to people who are unemployed 〔英国政府发放的〕失业救济金be/go on the dole (=be unemployed and receiving money from the government) 领取政府的失业救济金 Too many young people are still on the dole. 还在吃政府救济的年轻人太多了。 The number claiming dole went up by 3,500. 申请领取救济金者增加了3,500人。2 the dole queue/dole queues informal British English the number of people who are unemployed and claiming money from the government, or a line of people waiting to claim this money each week 领取失业救济金的人数；等待领取失业救济金的队伍 As two factories closed today, 500 people joined the dole queue. 由于今天两家工厂倒闭，又有500人加入了领取失业救济金的行列。 Dole queues lengthened. 领失业救济金的人数增加了。3 the dole informal American English money given by the government in the US to people who need financial help 救济金 SYN welfareon the dole How many people are on the public dole? 有多少人在领取政府救济金？
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dole• Surely they didn't collect dole cheques from the society they so obviously rejected?• She was an alien in the country with no dole to fall back on, didn't have much money.• I want to be on the public dole.• I brace myself for the sight of the posters, unrolled and exposed, and the dole cards.• If the unemployed learned to be better managers ... I fancy it would not be long before the dole was docked correspondingly.• Surely this term should be used to describe some one who lives and works - or draws the dole - in Scouserpool?• I said the bankers were the first to go on the dole.• I was on the dole then, getting £5.50 a week and the rent was £2.50.claiming dole• In Northern Ireland, last year saw some 5,000 redundancies, while the number claiming dole went up by 3,500.dole2 verb 1 dole something ↔ out phrasal verb informal GIVEto give something such as money, food, advice etc to more than one person 发放，分发〔钱、食物等〕；〔给多人〕提供〔建议〕 to Vera was doling out candy to all the kids. 维拉正在给所有的孩子分发糖果。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
dole• It must also dole out a level of punishment so severe that it precludes any further response.• So to save costs -- many millions a year, experts say -- the company stopped doling out awards.• They've been doling out compassion long before the late Princess Diana invented it.• Its board has adopted a streamlined procedure for doling out emergency loans.• Local officials traditionally lavish entertainment on national officials who dole out money for public works and other local projects.From Longman Business Dictionarydoledole /dəʊldoʊl/ noun [uncountable] British English informal old-fashioned in Britain, money that the government gives to people who are looking for workSYN AmE welfareA whole generation of miners ended up on the dole.unemployed demonstrators protesting at dole cutsOrigin dole2 Old English dal “part, share”dole1 noundole2 verbChinese
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dole
dole1 /dəʊl $ doʊl/ 
noun [uncountable] informal
1. British English money given by the government in Britain to people who are unemployed
be/go on the dole (=be unemployed and receiving money from the government)
Too many young people are still on the dole.
The number claiming dole went up by 3,500.
2. the dole queue/dole queues British English the number of people who are unemployed and claiming money from the government, or a line of people waiting to claim this money each week:
As two factories closed today, 500 people joined the dole queue.
Dole queues lengthened.
3. the dole American English money given by the government in the US to people who need financial help
SYN welfare
on the dole
How many people are on the public dole?
dole2 verb
dole something ↔ out phrasal verb informal
to give something such as money, food, advice etc to more than one person
dole something ↔ out to
Vera was doling out candy to all the kids.
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noun [uncountable] informal1. British English money given by the government in Britain to people who are unemployed
be/go on the dole (=be unemployed and receiving money from the government)
2. the dole queue/dole queues British English the number of people who are unemployed and claiming money from the government, or a line of people waiting to claim this money each week:
3. the dole American English money given by the government in the US to people who need financial help
SYN welfare
on the dole
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verb Language: Old English
Origin: dal 'part, share'
Origin: dal 'part, share'
dole something ↔ out phrasal verb informal
to give something such as money, food, advice etc to more than one person
dole something ↔ out to
usually
Losing your job 失业
lose your job失业 ( BrE 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/( the sack/BrE ( compulsory redundancyBrE 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
BrE 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 ( retrench workers缩减人员 cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce裁减员工 ( BrE 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 ( unemployment benefit/Jobseeker's Allowanceboth
BrE 领取失业补助金 be/go/live/sign ( on the doleBrE 领取失业救济金 claim/draw/get ( the doleBrE 领取失业救济金 be on/qualify for ( unemployment (compensation)NAmE 领取／有资格领取失业补偿金 be/go/live/depend ( on welfareNAmE 靠社会保障金过活 collect/receive ( welfareNAmE 领取社会保障金 combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment防止／解决／减少失业
