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

• 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。
• The government has altered the rules governing eligibility for unemployment benefit.
  政府已经修改了有关领取失业救济金资格的规章制度。
• 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？
• I am ineligible for unemployment benefit.
  我没有资格享受失业津贴。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They have not built up a decent cushion of unemployment benefit.
  他们还没有建立起一个体面的缓冲失业救济金。（泊来的，不知准确否）
• 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。
• 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。