unemployment
英 [ʌnɪm'plɒɪm(ə)nt; -em-]
美[,ʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt]
- n. 失业；失业率；失业人数
中文词源
unemployment 失业
un-, 不，非，employment,就业。
英文词源
- unemployment (n.)
- 1887, from un- (1) "not" + employment.
双语例句
- 1. In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit.
- 1986年，有300多万人领取失业救济金。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The nation's unemployment rate has been climbing steadily since last June.
- 自去年6月以来，该国的失业率一直在不断上升。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.
- 现在的失业人数已接近300万。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment.
- 她对工会的改革是在失业率不断上升的背景下展开的。
来自柯林斯例句