unemployment /mm'phxmant; zAnim'pbi-mant/ n [0) 1 state of being unemployed: 失業(yè); 無工作： U~ is a serious social evil. 美業(yè)是社會曲一關弊室。 2 amount of unused laBour: 美秦人數(shù)： There is more ~ now than there was six months ago. 現(xiàn)在失業(yè)的人比六個月以前多。 3 (attrib) (形容用法)： ~ insurance; 失業(yè)保險; ~ pay/benefit, money paid from insurance funds to a worker who cannot get employment. 失業(yè)津貼(救濟金)。