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the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job 失業;失業人數 an area of high/low unemployment 失業率高/低的地區 rising unemployment 增長的失業率 It was a time of mass unemployment. 當時有大批人失業。 Government schemes to combat youth unemployment 政府解決青年失業問題的計劃 the level/rate of unemployment 失業人數;失業率 The unemployment rate rose to 4.7 per cent. 失業率升至4.7%。 measures to help reduce/tackle unemployment 旨在減少失業/緩解失業情況的措施 The point is that this type of economics causes unemployment. 關鍵是這種類型的經濟學會導致失業。 unemployment figures/statistics 失業數字/統計數字 a rise in both inflation and unemployment 通貨膨脹和失業率的上升 He applied for unemployment insurance and was approved. 他申請了失業保險,被批準了。
Collocations The economyThe economy 經濟 Managing the economy 管理經濟 - handle/run/manage the economy
管理經濟 - boost investment/spending/employment/growth
促進投資/支出/就業/增長速度 - stimulate demand/the economy/industry
刺激需求/經濟/工業 - cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
削減投資/支出/借貸 - reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
減少/遏制通貨膨脹 - create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
創造/刺激增長/需求/繁榮/泡沫 - encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
鼓勵/促進/刺激/抑制創新/競爭 - encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
鼓勵私營部門;與私營部門合作/競爭 - increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
增加/促進美國/農業出口 - ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
禁止/限制/阻止廉價/國外進口産品 - the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
經濟增長/擴張/收縮/萎縮/放緩/複蘇/改善/繁榮 - enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
享受經濟/住房/房地産的繁榮期
Economic problems 經濟問題 - push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
擡高價格/成本;加劇通貨膨脹 - damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
破壞工業/經濟 - cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
引起/導致/進入/避開經濟衰退 - experience/suffer a recession/downturn
經歷/遭受經濟衰退 - fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
抵抗通貨膨脹/通貨緊縮/失業 - cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
導致/造成通貨膨脹/貧窮/失業 - create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
造成/引爆住房/股票市場泡沫 - cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
引起股市崩盤/銀行系統崩潰 - face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
面臨/陷入財政/經濟危機 - be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
陷入/經歷周期性繁榮與蕭條
Public finance 公共財政 - cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
增加/大幅削減/削減公共支出 - increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
提高/降低稅收 - raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
提高/降低利率 - ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
放寬/收緊貨幣政策 - balance the (state/federal) budget
平衡(州/聯邦)預算 - achieve/maintain a balanced budget
達到/保持預算平衡 - run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
有(4 萬億美元的)預算赤字/盈餘 - 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. 領救濟金的失業者如果做低收入的工作後情況更糟,就存在一種失業陷阱。 Unemployment climbed above two million. 失業人數攀升到 200 萬人以上。 Unemployment reached 30 per cent. 失業率達到30%。 This former mining town is now an unemployment black spot. 這個昔日的采礦小鎮現在成了失業重災區。 Unemployment among graduates is falling steadily. 畢業生的待業人數正持續下降。 Unemployment has hit unskilled workers in particular. 失業尤其沖擊到了無特别技能的工人。 Scottish unemployment rates were lower than the UK average. 蘇格蘭失業率低於英國平均水平。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- double-digit
- high
- huge
- …
- level
- rate
- be faced with
- face
- cause
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- 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 無業;沒有工作 Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment. 成千上萬的青年正面臨長期待業狀況。 He has had long periods of unemployment. 他長期失業。 One million people suffered unemployment as a result of the Asian tsunami. 亞洲海嘯導致100萬人失業。 a study of male/female unemployment 男性/女性失業研究
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 無業;沒有工作 Collocations UnemploymentUnemployment 失業 Losing your job 失業 - lose your job
失業 - (British English) become/be made redundant
被裁減 - be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
被要求/選擇自願裁退/提前退休 - face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
面臨被解職/被裁/強制裁員;受到解職/被裁/強制裁員的威脅 - dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
解僱僱員/工人/經理 - lay off staff/workers/employees
解僱員工/工人/僱員 - (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
縮減人員 - cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
裁減員工 - (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
裁員
Being unemployed 失業;待業;下崗 - be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
失業 - seek/look for work/employment
找工作 - be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
領取失業補助金 - be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
領取失業救濟金 - claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
領取失業救濟金 - be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
領取/有資格領取失業補償金 - be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
靠社會保障金過活 - collect/receive (North American English) welfare
領取社會保障金 - combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
防止/解決/減少失業
- lose your job