joblessness

/ˈdʒɒbləsnəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdʒɑːbləsnəs/ (ame, ipa)

joblessness — noun

1. a situation in which someone, or many people in a place, do not have paid work

1.名詞B2
釋義

a situation in which someone, or many people in a place, do not have paid work

例句

After the steel plant closed, joblessness spread quickly through the small coastal town.

joblessness spread through [place] for community-wide loss of work

Mayumi worried that a year of joblessness would hurt her chances of finding work.

a year of joblessness for a period without paid work

同義詞
  • unemployment

    the standard neutral term; more common in official reports and statistics

  • lack of work

    a plainer phrase that stresses the absence of available jobs

反義詞

文法句型

rise in joblessness

joblessness among [group]

long-term joblessness

reduce joblessness

用法筆記

Often appears in public discussion about communities, groups, or social conditions, and can sound slightly more human-focused than the more statistical term "unemployment". For one person's immediate situation, English more often uses the adjective "jobless" or "unemployed".

常見錯誤

❌My brother has a joblessness since January.
✅My brother has been jobless since January.' or 'My brother has faced joblessness since January.
💡use the adjective for one person's situation; the noun names the condition itself.
❌Many young people are joblessness now.
✅Many young people are jobless now.' or 'There is a lot of joblessness among young people now.
💡after 'be', use the adjective 'jobless', not the noun 'joblessness'.