失业

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

unemployment; to lose one's job

失业率 = unemployment rate. Opposite: 就业 (employment).

Examples

• 他去年失业了，现在还在找工作。

  tā qù nián shī yè le, xiàn zài hái zài zhǎo gōng zuò.

  He lost his job last year and is still looking.

• 工厂关门以后，很多人失业了。

  gōng chǎng guān mén yǐ hòu, hěn duō rén shī yè le.

  Many people lost their jobs when the factory closed.

• 政府想办法降低失业率。

  zhèng fǔ xiǎng bàn fǎ jiàng dī shī yè lǜ.

  The government is trying to lower unemployment.

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