unemployment

英 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

美 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

n. 失业; 失业人数; 无业; 没有工作

Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.1495 / COCA.3492

牛津词典

noun

失业；失业人数
the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job
1. an area of high/low unemployment
  失业率高 / 低的地区
2. rising/falling unemployment
  上升的 / 下降的失业率
3. It was a time of mass unemployment .
  当时有大批人失业。
4. measures to help reduce/tackle unemployment
  旨在减少失业 / 缓解失业情况的措施
5. the level/rate of unemployment
  失业人数 / 率
6. unemployment benefit/statistics
  失业补贴 / 统计资料
无业；没有工作
the state of not having a job
1. 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。

noun

the state of being unemployed or not having a job
1. unemployment is a serious social evil
2. the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy

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。
Many white-collar workers, like stock brokers and investment bankers, find themselves in the unemployment lines.
许多白领，像股票经纪人和投资银行家，发现自己也失业了。
Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%
瑞士的失业率上升到了0.7%，这个百分比仍然不算太高。
Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing
昨天的失业数字令人沮丧。
Unemployment is so damaging both to individuals and to communities.
失业对个人和社会都有极大的负面影响。
But the problems of inflation and unemployment still cause a lot of resentment.
但是通货膨胀和失业问题仍然激起了很多人的怨恨。
These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.
这些研究结果提醒人们，失业率下降的另一面是低薪。
They demanded a more expansionary economy to combat rising unemployment.
他们要求发展扩张性的经济以应对升高的失业率。
The main problem is unemployment
主要的问题是失业。
Production has dropped while prices and unemployment have skyrocketed.
物价和失业率猛涨的同时，生产却下降了。