dole

英 [dəʊl] 美 [dol]

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※ 提供单词"dole"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

dole 失业救济金

词源同deal, 分发，分配，发配。引申义施舍或失业救济金。

dole: dole: [OE] In Old English, the noun dāl meant simply ‘part, portion’ (it came from a Germanic base *dail-, which also produced English deal). By the 14th century this had developed into the more specific ‘portion (of food, money, etc) handed out as a charitable donation to those in need’. This is the source of the phrase on the dole ‘receiving government benefit’, first recorded in the 1920s. The verb dole ‘distribute’ arose in the 15th century; its modern use, dole out, is an 18th-century development.
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dole (n.): Old English dal "state of being divided; sharing, giving out," shortened from gedal "portion," related to dæl "deal," from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon del, Middle Dutch deil, Dutch deel, Old High German teil, German Teil). On the dole is 1920s.
dole (v.): "hand out charity," mid-15c., from dole (n.). Doled; doling.

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1. T-shirts are a nice little earner and it's better than the dole.: 卖T恤衫来钱容易，比领救济金好。

3. The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole.: 政府不愿意看到毕业生领着救济金却什么也不干。

5. Bob Dole seemed less than enthusiastic about the proposed move.: 鲍勃·多尔似乎对提议的这项行动不太感兴趣。