discouraged worker
基本解释
- （美）丧志工人；（美）失业而不积极找工作的人
英汉例句
- For some more good news, March saw a large drop of 210, 000 discouraged workers
以下依然是好消息，三月份的待业工人数量大幅度下降 - One reason why the headline unemployment rate fell to 10% last month was because discouraged workers dropped out of the numbers since they were no longer looking for a job.
上个月总体失业率下降到10%的一个原因是气馁的工人因为自愿失业所以不再计入失业工人的人数（非自愿失业或需求不足型失业才是真正的失业---译者注）。 - This is mainly the result of a shrinking labour force as discouraged workers give up the search for jobs.
这主要是因为气馁的工人放弃寻找工作而导致劳动力减少。 - We can extend this to a fourth group of unemployment if we want: the discouraged workers.
FORBES: The Problem With US Unemployment Is That It Is Now Like European Unemployment - There were 1.3 million discouraged workers in December 2010, an increase of 389, 000 persons from the previous year.
FORBES: Over 55? Jobs are Trickling Back, But Temporary Work is On a Roll - John Williams estimates that if U-6 counted the long-term discouraged workers, the unemployment rate would be 22.8%.
FORBES: Why Jack Welch Has A Point About Unemployment Numbers