unemployment

名词 unemployment:

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

1. Because there is so much unemployment, the competition for jobs is fierce.
   因为失业严重，求职的竞争十分激烈。
2. The specter of unemployment hunted the country.
   失业的幽灵在这个国家作祟。
3. There is a chronic unemployment problem in America.
   在美国存在长期失业问题。
4. The increasing unemployment caused social unrest.
   不断增加的失业引起了社会骚乱。
5. We are seeing unemployment on an unprecedented scale.
   我们现在正经历规模空前的失业现象。
6. Are you entitled to unemployment benefit?
   你有资格领取失业救济金吗？
7. Unemployment has gone up again.
   失业人数又上升了。
8. In this period, unemployment reaches record levels.
   这段时间的失业人数又达到了创纪录水平。