词组 | unemployment |
释义 | unemployment /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ noun a situation in which people cannot get a jobadjectives/nouns + unemploymenthigh unemployment (=many people do not have a job) They live in a town where unemployment is high.low unemployment (=few people do not have a job) The area has the lowest unemployment in Europe.rising/increasing unemployment Rising unemployment led to more crime.falling unemployment Politicians want a growing economy with falling unemployment.mass/large-scale unemployment (=very large numbers of people are unemployed) No-one wants a return to the mass unemployment of the 1930s. | Large-scale unemployment among young people could have terrible social consequences.long-term unemployment (=people are unemployed for a long time) It can be difficult to help people out of long-term unemployment.widespread unemployment (=in many places) The collapse of the currency led to widespread unemployment.youth/male/female etc unemployment (=the number of young people/men/women etc unemployed) Youth unemployment has reached 50%.verbs + unemploymentreduce/cut unemployment The government’s main aim is to reduce unemployment. | The government is spending more on projects to cut unemployment.combat/fight unemployment (=reduce or prevent it) The best way for the unions to combat unemployment was to defend existing jobs.face unemployment (=be going to be unemployed) Hundreds of workers now face unemployment.experience unemployment Anyone who has experienced unemployment knows that it is not pleasant.unemployment + verbsunemployment goes up/increases/rises During their term in office unemployment increased by 50%.unemployment soars (=increases quickly to a high level) The economic crisis has seen unemployment soar.unemployment goes down/drops/falls Unemployment continued to fall.unemployment stands at sth (=it is at a particular level) Unemployment stood at over 10%.unemployment hits/reaches sth (=it becomes a particular high level) This year, unemployment hit the one million mark.unemployment + nounsthe unemployment rate The unemployment rate was 17%.unemployment figures/statistics They publish monthly unemployment figures for the UK.an unemployment blackspot BrE (=an area where there is higher unemployment than in other places) The town became an unemployment blackspot after the factory closed.prepositionsunemployment among sb Unemployment among young men is 45% in some areas.phrasesa rise/increase in unemployment The crisis meant a sharp rise in unemployment.a fall/reduction in unemployment We are hoping to see a fall in unemployment.the level/rate of unemployment The country is suffering from a high rate of unemployment. |
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