unemployment

失業率

ある地域で仕事に就いていない人の数や割合。

やさしい英語で： The number or percentage of people without jobs in a place.

• Unemployment rose last month.
• Youth unemployment is now twelve percent.
• Did unemployment fall after the new factories opened?

類義語： jobless rate, unemployment rate

よく使う表現： rising unemployment, low unemployment

失業

収入を得る仕事に就いていない状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of having no paid job.

• He faced unemployment after the shop closed.
• Months of unemployment left her short of money.
• Have you experienced a long period of unemployment?

類義語： joblessness

反対語： employment

よく使う表現： face unemployment, long unemployment

失業

働きたい人が仕事を見つけられない状況。

やさしい英語で： A situation in which people who want to work cannot find jobs.

• Unemployment is a serious problem here.
• The government promised to tackle unemployment in rural areas.
• Factory closures brought widespread unemployment to the region.

類義語： joblessness

よく使う表現： tackle unemployment, widespread unemployment