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

• Its forecasts coincided with the release of official data showing the number of people claiming unemployment benefit rose for a third month running – the clearest sign yet that the economic downturn is starting to hit the labour market.
  与此同时，官方数据显示，英国申请失业救济的人数连续第三个月出现增长。这是迄今最明显的信号，表明经济滑坡已开始冲击劳动力市场。
• Are you claiming unemployment benefit?
  你在申请失业补助金吗？
• 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。
• Seven years ago, we spent42p in every pound of public spending on the costs of economic and social failure in interest payments on debt and unemployment benefit.
  七年前，我们每英镑的公共支出上，就有42便士是用来支付经济和社会债务的利息以及失业救济。
• 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。
• 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。
• Unemployment benefit does encourage unemployment in the short term; but that may be no bad thing.
  短期内，失业救济确实鼓励了失业，但这可能不是坏事。
• 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。
• 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。
• This slump was triggered by figures from the United States showing a surge in claims for unemployment benefit.
  这次油价下跌是由于美国最新数据显示申领失业救济金的人数增加。