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

• Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing
  昨天的失业数字令人沮丧。
• Both countries suffer from soaring unemployment, large budget deficits and wobbly financial sectors.
  两国都深受失业率飙升、预算赤字拉大以及财政岌岌可危之苦。
• The policy is partly to blame for causing the worst unemployment in Europe.
  欧洲出现了最严重的失业情况，这应当部分归咎于这项政策。
• Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
  年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。
• 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。
• The economic outlook is one of rising unemployment
  展望未来的经济，失业率将会上升。
• 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。
• Production has dropped while prices and unemployment have skyrocketed.
  物价和失业率猛涨的同时，生产却下降了。
• Many white-collar workers, like stock brokers and investment bankers, find themselves in the unemployment lines.
  许多白领，像股票经纪人和投资银行家，发现自己也失业了。
• Unemployment was the electorate's main concern.
  选民关心的主要是失业问题。