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

• 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。
• 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。
• Are you claiming unemployment benefit?
  你在申请失业补助金吗？
• The upshot is no public pension, no unemployment benefit or disability allowance.
  这样做的结果就是没有公共养老金、失业救济金、或者伤残津贴。
• Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.
  失业救济金延后两个星期支付。
• At its worst, unemployment benefit pays people to watch daytime television; it is particularly pernicious if the skills of the jobless decay, and unemployment becomes unemployability.
  在最坏的情况下，失业救济为那些大白天看电视的人提供了酬劳，尤其危险的是，如果失业者的技能退化，失业就变成了无就业能力。
• In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit
  1986年，有300多万人领取失业救济金。
• 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。
• 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。