un-, 不，非，employment,就业。

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. The nation's unemployment rate has been climbing steadily since last June.

自去年6月以来，该国的失业率一直在不断上升。

3. Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.

现在的失业人数已接近300万。

4. I think that the underlying problem is education, unemployment and bad housing.

我认为深层的问题在于教育、失业和糟糕的住房条件。

5. Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment.

她对工会的改革是在失业率不断上升的背景下展开的。