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

• When a man is out of work, he may draw unemployment benefit until he finds work again;
  当一个人事业时，他可以领取失业救济金，直到他重新找到工作。
• In part, this is because of an increasing bill for unemployment benefit.
  这一部分是因为失业福利的支出增加了。
• To most thoughtful people, unemployment benefit embodies a painful trade-off.
  对多数有识之士而言，失业救济体现了一种痛苦的权衡。
• Are you entitled to unemployment benefit?
  你有资格领取失业救济金吗？
• Claimants of unemployment benefit should fill in this form.
  失业津贴申请人应填写本表。
• He's not entitled to claim unemployment benefit.
  他无权要求领取失业救济金。
• She's been on unemployment benefit for six years.
  她已领取了6年的失业救济金。
• 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。
• 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。