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- 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
她在领取失业救济金
as modifier my next dole cheque.我的下一张救济支票。
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- count noun dated a charitable gift of food, clothes, or money〈旧〉（食物、衣服或金钱等）慈善品。
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- poetic/literary a person's lot or destiny〈诗/文〉命运; 定数。
with obj.(dole something out)
- distribute shares of something按份额发放：
the scanty portions of food doled out to them.
按份额发放给他们的少得可怜的食物。
短语
the dole queue
- 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.
5月份又有21,300人加入了领取失业救济金的队伍。
on the dole
- informal registered as unemployed and receiving benefit from the state〈非正式〉领取失业救济金的。
词源
Old English dāl 'division， portion， or share'， of Germanic origin; related to DEAL1. The sense 'distribution of charitable gifts' dates from Middle English; the sense 'unemployment benefit' dates from the early 20th cent.