unemployment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of having no job; joblessness. countable,uncountable
    — Unemployment made Jack depressed.
  2. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy. countable,uncountable
    — Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.
  3. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce. countable,uncountable
    — Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.
  4. A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism. countable
    — All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.
  5. An instance or period of joblessness. countable
    — Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numerous unemployments, and drug use.

词形变化

unemployments plural

词汇关系

近义词
joblessness worklessness unwork
反义词
employment reemployment
下位词
classical unemployment cyclical unemployment demand-deficient unemployment frictional unemployment funemployment Marxian unemployment search unemployment seasonal unemployment structural unemployment technological unemployment wait unemployment
衍生词
antiunemployment classical unemployment cyclical unemployment frictional unemployment funemployment Marxian unemployment search unemployment seasonal unemployment structural unemployment technological unemployment unemployment benefit unemployment benefits unemployment insurance unemployment rate unemployment scheme unemployment trap wait unemployment
相关词
unemployed
并列词
disemployment misemployment

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English employment
English unemployment
From un- + employment.
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