失业

• 拼音: shī yè
• 汉字拆解: 失 = hand dropping something — to lose; 业 = simplified from 業, depicting a frame for sorting — occupation, profession

含义

To be unemployed; to lose one's job; unemployment.

Functions as both a verb (他失业了 — he lost his job) and a noun (失业率 — unemployment rate). Related terms: 就业 (employment), 失业保险 (unemployment insurance), 下岗 (laid off). An important topic in economics.

例句

1. 他去年失业了，一直在找新工作。
2. 疫情期间，很多人面临失业的问题。
3. 政府出台了新政策帮助失业人员。

用法指南

语境: economics, career, society

语气: serious

正确说法

• 他失业以后一直在学新技能。(Since losing his job, he has been learning new skills.)
• 当前的失业率比去年有所下降。(The current unemployment rate has decreased from last year.)

错误说法

• 我今天失业了 meaning 'I have a day off today' (失业 means losing one's job entirely — for a day off, say 我今天休息 or 我今天放假)

起源与历史

Compound of 失 (to lose) and 业 (occupation, profession) — to lose one's occupation.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal