unemployment
美音:
[´ʌnımp´lɔımənt
]英音:
[´ʌnımp´lɔımənt
]n.失业,失业人数
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unemployment
/,ʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt; ,ʌnɪm`plɔɪmənt/
n [U]
(a) state of being unemployed 失业; 失业状况:
300 workers face unemployment 300名工人面临失业
* throughout the period of your unemployment 在你失业的整个期间.
(b) amount of unused labour 失业人数
*reduce unemployment, eg by creating jobs 减少失业人数(如藉创造就业机会)
* the rising level of unemployment 不断增长的失业率
* [attrib 作定语] the monthly unemployment figures 每月的失业人数.
unemployment
n[U]
the number of people in a particular country or area who cannot get a job
The level of unemployment is rising.
areas of high unemployment (=where many people do not have a job)
The unemployment rate remained at 5.2%.
Rising unemployment has been the price we've had to pay for getting inflation down.
It has been the largest sustained fall in unemployment in the history of this country.
above average levels of unemployment
monthly unemployment figures for the UK
when someone does not have a job
Closure of the plant means 80 workers are facing unemployment.
AmE money paid regularly by the government to people who have no job
on unemployment
He's been on unemployment for two months.
COLLOCATES for sense 1
high/low unemployment
rising/falling unemployment
rise/increase/growth in unemployment
fall/decrease in unemployment
level of unemployment/unemployment level
unemployment rate
unemployment figures/statistics
1. But most of all, you've learned what a "7.6 per cent unemployment rate" really means.
2. 300 workers face unemployment. 300名工人面临失业.
3. Your unemployment seems to drag on beyond all reason. 你的失业好像在毫无理由地缠住你不放。
4. Secretly wanted to lose your job and "flirted (轻率对待)" with unemployment through your attitude — probably dressed in a way to invite it. 差不多每个人都听人说过成为社会有用成员的必要性,
5. The first trip to the employment agency, the first friend you tell, the first interview and, most fearful of all, the first trip to the unemployment (失业) office. 第一次到职业介绍所去,第一个听你说你已失了业的朋友,第一次求职面试,最可怕的是第一次到失业办公室去。
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