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the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job 失业;失业人数 an area of high/low unemployment 失业率高/低的地区 rising unemployment 增长的失业率 It was a time of mass unemployment. 当时有大批人失业。 Government schemes to combat youth unemployment 政府解决青年失业问题的计划 the level/rate of unemployment 失业人数;失业率 The unemployment rate rose to 4.7 per cent. 失业率升至4.7%。 measures to help reduce/tackle unemployment 旨在减少失业/缓解失业情况的措施 The point is that this type of economics causes unemployment. 关键是这种类型的经济学会导致失业。 unemployment figures/statistics 失业数字/统计数字 a rise in both inflation and unemployment 通货膨胀和失业率的上升 He applied for unemployment insurance and was approved. 他申请了失业保险,被批准了。
Collocations The economyThe economy 经济 Managing the economy 管理经济 - handle/run/manage the economy
管理经济 - boost investment/spending/employment/growth
促进投资/支出/就业/增长速度 - stimulate demand/the economy/industry
刺激需求/经济/工业 - cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
削减投资/支出/借贷 - reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
减少/遏制通货膨胀 - create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
创造/刺激增长/需求/繁荣/泡沫 - encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
鼓励/促进/刺激/抑制创新/竞争 - encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
鼓励私营部门;与私营部门合作/竞争 - increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
增加/促进美国/农业出口 - ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
禁止/限制/阻止廉价/国外进口产品 - the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
经济增长/扩张/收缩/萎缩/放缓/复苏/改善/繁荣 - enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
享受经济/住房/房地产的繁荣期
Economic problems 经济问题 - push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
抬高价格/成本;加剧通货膨胀 - damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
破坏工业/经济 - cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
引起/导致/进入/避开经济衰退 - experience/suffer a recession/downturn
经历/遭受经济衰退 - fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
抵抗通货膨胀/通货紧缩/失业 - cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
导致/造成通货膨胀/贫穷/失业 - create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
造成/引爆住房/股票市场泡沫 - cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
引起股市崩盘/银行系统崩溃 - face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
面临/陷入财政/经济危机 - be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
陷入/经历周期性繁荣与萧条
Public finance 公共财政 - cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
增加/大幅削减/削减公共支出 - increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
提高/降低税收 - raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
提高/降低利率 - ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
放宽/收紧货币政策 - balance the (state/federal) budget
平衡(州/联邦)预算 - achieve/maintain a balanced budget
达到/保持预算平衡 - run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
有(4 万亿美元的)预算赤字/盈余 - impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesb1The unemployment trap exists when an unemployed person on benefit would be worse off in a low-paid job. 领救济金的失业者如果做低收入的工作后情况更糟,就存在一种失业陷阱。 Unemployment climbed above two million. 失业人数攀升到 200 万人以上。 Unemployment reached 30 per cent. 失业率达到30%。 This former mining town is now an unemployment black spot. 这个昔日的采矿小镇现在成了失业重灾区。 Unemployment among graduates is falling steadily. 毕业生的待业人数正持续下降。 Unemployment has hit unskilled workers in particular. 失业尤其冲击到了无特别技能的工人。 Scottish unemployment rates were lower than the UK average. 苏格兰失业率低于英国平均水平。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- double-digit
- high
- huge
- …
- level
- rate
- be faced with
- face
- cause
- …
- climb
- double
- increase
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- benefit
- benefits
- compensation
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- unemployment among
- a period of unemployment
- a rise in unemployment
- an increase in unemployment
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the state of not having a job 无业;没有工作 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。 He has had long periods of unemployment. 他长期失业。 One million people suffered unemployment as a result of the Asian tsunami. 亚洲海啸导致100万人失业。 a study of male/female unemployment 男性/女性失业研究
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- double-digit
- high
- huge
- …
- level
- rate
- be faced with
- face
- cause
- …
- climb
- double
- increase
- …
- benefit
- benefits
- compensation
- …
- unemployment among
- a period of unemployment
- a rise in unemployment
- an increase in unemployment
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- (also unemployment compensation)(both US English)(British English unemployment benefit)
money paid by the government to somebody who is unemployed 无业;没有工作 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
- lose your job