unemployment

英 [ˌʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt] 美 [ˌʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt]

• n. 失业；失业人数

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U] 失业

   out of work

2. [U] 失业(人数)，失业率

   amount of unused labour

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being unemployed or not having a job;

   "unemployment is a serious social evil"
   "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Mass unemployment may lead to social upheaval.
   大批失业会导致社会动乱。
2. The specter of unemployment haunted the land.
   失业的恐怖笼罩全国。
3. The decrease in unemployment was 30 percent.
   失业人数减少了百分之三十。
4. One deals with unemployment claims.
   一个涉及到失业人数情况。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The riots took place against a background of widespread unemployment.
   暴乱是在普遍失业的情况下发生的。
2. A rapid rise in price soon eventuated in mass unemployment.
   物价迅速上涨，结果造成了大量失业。
3. Unemployment among married women reached a peak.
   在已婚女性中失业率达到了顶峰。
4. There is an equation between unemployment and rising crime levels.
   失业人数和上升的犯罪数字趋于平衡。
5. Unemployment was high despite the gains of the civil rights movement.
   尽管民权运动有所进展，失业率仍然很高。

经典引文

• We were faced..with..a hideous rise in unemployment.

  出自： M. Foot

词汇搭配

• unemployment compensation <美>失业补偿金...
• unemployment benefit 失业救济
• unemployment insurance 失业保险
• unemployment line 失业的状态
• structural unemployment 结构性失业
• disguised unemployment 潜在失业
• seasonal unemployment 季节性失业
• chronic unemployment 长期性[经常性, 慢...
• unemployment benefits 失业津贴
• voluntary unemployment 自愿性失业,自发性失...
• unemployment pay 失业津贴
• unemployment rate 失业率
• technological unemployment 因工业发展所造成的失...
• cyclical unemployment 周期性失业
• total unemployment 失业人数
• unemployment problem 失业问题
• latent unemployment 潜在失业
• search unemployment 求职性失业
• unemployment pension 失业救济金
• transitional unemployment 过渡性失业

近反义词

【近义词】

• inertia 惯性
• joblessness jobless的名词形式...
• redundancy 冗余
• idleness 懒惰

【反义词】

• employment 职业