dole

dole1
noun
  1. [mass noun](一般作 the dole)(Brit. informal)benefit paid by the state to the unemployed
    (英，非正式)失业救济金
    she is drawing the dole.
    她在领取救济。
    [as modifier]my next dole cheque.
    我的下一张救济支票。
    ■[count noun](dated)a charitable gift of food, clothes, or money
    (旧)（食物、衣服或金钱等）慈善品
  2. (poetic/literary)a person's lot or destiny
    (诗／文)命运；定数
verb
  1. [with obj.](dole something out)distribute shares of something
    按份额发放
    the scanty portions of food doled out to them.
    稀缺的食物按份额发放给他们。
常用词组
the dole queue
  1. the unemployed people receiving benefit from the state
    领取救济的失业人员
    another 21,300 people joined the dole queues in May.
    五月份又有21,300人领取失业救济金。
on the dole
  1. (informal)registered as unemployed and receiving benefit from the state
    (非正式)接受失业救济金的
语源
  1. Old 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
dole2
noun
  1. [mass noun](archaic or poetic/literary)sorrow; mourning
    (古， 诗／文)悲哀；忧伤
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French doel 'mourning', from popular Latin dolus, from Latin dolere 'grieve'
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