- without a job although able to work失业的；待业的；下岗的 synonym jobless
- 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.我已经失业了五个月。
- 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登记失业的人数增加
- Thousands of labourers became unemployed with no alternative employment. 成千上万的工人失业，没有替代性就业。
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 Examples- As 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.100万女性登记失业，而男性为230万。
- unemployed graduates待业毕业生
Topics Social issuesb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be counted as
- be registered (as)
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