unemployment

英 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

美 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

n.  失业; 失业人数; 无业; 没有工作

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牛津词典

noun

• 失业；失业人数
  the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job
  1. an area of high/low unemployment
     失业率高 / 低的地区
  2. rising/falling unemployment
     上升的 / 下降的失业率
  3. It was a time of mass unemployment .
     当时有大批人失业。
  4. measures to help reduce/tackle unemployment
     旨在减少失业 / 缓解失业情况的措施
  5. the level/rate of unemployment
     失业人数 / 率
  6. unemployment benefit/statistics
     失业补贴 / 统计资料
• 无业；没有工作
  the state of not having a job
  1. Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment .
     成千上万的青年正面临长期待业状况。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 失业
  Unemploymentis the fact that people who want jobs cannot get them.
  1. ...an area that had the highest unemployment rate in western Europe...
     西欧失业率最高的地区
  2. Unemployment is so damaging both to individuals and to communities.
     失业对个人和社会都有极大的负面影响。

英英释义

noun

• the state of being unemployed or not having a job
  1. unemployment is a serious social evil
  2. the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy

双语例句

• I think that the underlying problem is education, unemployment and bad housing.
  我认为深层的问题在于教育、失业和糟糕的住房条件。
• The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
  经济萧条导致失业救济金的支出不可避免地增加。
• Unemployment is likely to go on rising this year
  今年的失业人数可能会继续上升。
• These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.
  这些研究结果提醒人们，失业率下降的另一面是低薪。
• Unemployment will go on rising for some time yet
  失业人数在一段时间内还将上升。
• By far the most important issue for them is unemployment
  对他们来说最重要的无疑就是失业问题。
• His whole life is a fight against poverty and unemployment.
  他的一生是与贫苦和失业斗争的一生。
• Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month
  上个月失业率降到了6.9%。
• But the problems of inflation and unemployment still cause a lot of resentment.
  但是通货膨胀和失业问题仍然激起了很多人的怨恨。
• The main problem is unemployment
  主要的问题是失业。