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

• She receive& 20a week as unemployment benefit.
  她每周领取20英镑的失业救济金。
• 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。
• Does unemployment benefit really encourage people to duck work?
  失业救济真的鼓励人们逃避工作吗？
• 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。
• How much unemployment benefit does the middle-aged woman get every month?
  那位中年妇女每月领到多少失业救济金？
• 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。
• He's not entitled to claim unemployment benefit.
  他无权要求领取失业救济金。
• A person claiming labor insurance injury and illness benefit, vocational training living allowance, temporary work allowance, or other related employment development awards, may not claim unemployment benefit while receiving the related award.
  领取劳工保险伤病给付、职业训练生活津贴、临时工作津贴、创业贷款利息补贴或其它促进就业相关津贴者，领取相关津贴期间，不得同时请领失业给付。
• 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。