失业

失业 [shī yè]

1. ■ lose one's job; be out of work; be unemployed:

造成失业 cause unemployment;

解决失业问题 tackle unemployment;

减少失业人数 reduce unemployment;

他在工厂倒闭后失业了。 He was out of work when the factory closed.

失业现象席卷全国。 Unemployment has swept across the whole country.

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常用词组

1. ■ 失业保险 unemployment insurance;

2. ■ 失业补偿 unemployment compensation;

3. ■ 失业津贴 unemployment benefit;

4. ■ 失业率 unemployment rate; rate of unemployment;

5. ■ 失业人数 total unemployment;

6. ■ 失业守恒规律 law of conservation of unemployment;

7. ■ 失业者 the unemployed; the jobless