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

• 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？
• 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。
• I am ineligible for unemployment benefit.
  我没有资格享受失业津贴。
• 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。
• 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。
• She receive& 20a week as unemployment benefit.
  她每周领取20英镑的失业救济金。
• 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。
• Does unemployment benefit really encourage people to duck work?
  失业救济真的鼓励人们逃避工作吗？
• 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。