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。
• 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 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。
• Are you entitled to unemployment benefit?
  你有资格领取失业救济金吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。