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n.

A. [U] 失业；失业人数 (the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job)

Millions of people were thrown into unemployment. 数百万人被迫失业。

There will be a rise in unemployment next year. 明年失业人数将会增加。

Unemployment is heading towards four million. 失业人数接近400万。

The government has no intension to solve the unemployment problem. 政府无意解决失业问题。

B. 失业（状态） (the state of hot haring a job)

Youth unemployment is over 50%. 青年失业人数超过百分之五十。

A lot of workers were thrown into unemployment. 很多工人陷入失业状态。

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1. high / low employment 失业率高/低

The unemployment rate in June is 9.5%. 美国六月份失业率9.5%。

2. reduce unemployment 减少失业

The government took these measures to reduce unemployment. 政府采取这些措施以减少失业人数。

3. unemployment subsidy 失业补贴

She qualifies for the unemployment subsidy. 她有权获得失业补贴。

4. long-term unemployment 长期待业

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。

The government is trying to prevent a drift into long-term unemployment.

政府在试图阻止失业的长期发展趋势。

相关单词

反义词：employment

动 词：employ