unemployment benefit

英 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt benɪfɪt]

美 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt benɪfɪt]

n.  失业补贴(或津贴); 失业救济金

BEC经济

牛津词典

noun

• 失业补贴（或津贴）；失业救济金
  money paid by the government to sb who is unemployed
  1. people on (= receiving) unemployment benefit
     领取失业救济金的人
  2. Applications for unemployment benefits dropped last month.
     上个月申请失业津贴的人数下降了。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 失业救济金；失业补贴
  Unemployment benefitis money that some people receive from the state when they do not have a job and are unable to find one.
  1. In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit...
     1986年，有300多万人领取失业救济金。
  2. Unemployment benefits are directly related to previous earnings.
     失业救济金的额度与以前的收入有直接关系。

双语例句

• I am ineligible for unemployment benefit.
  我没有资格享受失业津贴。
• When it comes to leisure, positional concerns seem to matter less, perhaps because leisure is not closely linked to status: anyone can enjoy leisure by walking out of his job and claiming unemployment benefit.
  但谈到闲暇时光时，地位问题似乎就没那么重要的，这或许是因为休闲时间与地位并非紧密相关：任何人只要辞掉工作，领取失业救济金，都可以享受闲暇。
• In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit
  1986年，有300多万人领取失业救济金。
• Spending has a cyclical component because of the cost of unemployment benefit as well as the use of deliberate Keynesian stimulus.
  由于失业救济的成本和刻意推行凯恩斯主义刺激政策，支出具有周期性的要素。
• You are not entitled to unemployment benefit if you have never worked.
  从未参加过工作，就没有资格领取失业救济金。
• With government figures in February showing the number of people claiming unemployment benefit at its highest since 1997, Britain remains a weak spot.
  英国仍是个薄弱点2月份的官方数据显示，申请失业救济的人数创下了1997年以来的最高水平。
• Does unemployment benefit really encourage people to duck work?
  失业救济真的鼓励人们逃避工作吗？
• Unemployment benefits are directly related to previous earnings.
  失业救济金的额度与以前的收入有直接关系。
• The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has risen sharply this month.
  这个月要求领取失业救济金的人数急剧上升。
• The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
  经济萧条导致失业救济金的支出不可避免地增加。