without a job although able to work synonym jobless失业的;待业的;下岗的 How long have you been unemployed? 你失业多久了? unemployed workers/people 失业工人/人 I've been unemployed for 5 months. 失业5个月了。 training for unemployed youth 失业青年培训 an unemployed miner/labourer/builder 失业的矿工/工人/建筑工人 an increase in the number of people registered as unemployed 登记失业人数的增加 Thousands of labourers became unemployed with no alternative employment. 成千上万的劳动者失业了,没有其他选择。
Collocations UnemploymentUnemployment 失业 Losing your job 失业 - lose your job
失业 - (British English) become/be made redundant
被裁减 - be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
被要求/选择自愿裁退/提前退休 - face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
面临被解职/被裁/强制裁员;受到解职/被裁/强制裁员的威胁 - dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
解雇雇员/工人/经理 - lay off staff/workers/employees
解雇员工/工人/雇员 - (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
缩减人员 - cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
裁减员工 - (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
裁员
Being unemployed 失业;待业;下岗 - be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
失业 - seek/look for work/employment
找工作 - be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
领取失业补助金 - be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
领取失业救济金 - claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
领取失业救济金 - be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
领取/有资格领取失业补偿金 - be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
靠社会保障金过活 - collect/receive (North American English) welfare
领取社会保障金 - combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
防止/解决/减少失业
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesb1As I was voluntarily unemployed, I wasn't entitled to benefit. 因为我是自愿不工作的,所以没有资格领救济金。 The closure of the factory left hundreds of men unemployed. 该工厂倒闭导致数百工人失业。 1 million women were registered unemployed, compared with 2.3 million men. 100万妇女登记失业,而男子为230万。 unemployed graduates 失业毕业生
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