1·U.S. unemployment figures for March showed the jobless rate stuck at 7 percent.
美国3月份的失业数字表明了失业率停滞在7%。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Unless employment growth in the rest of the economy speeds up and absorbs some of the surplus, the overall jobless rate will soon rise, perhaps rather further than the central bankers would like.
除非其余经济部门的就业增长加速，并吸收一部分剩余劳动力，否则总的失业率不久便会上升，也许远远超出美联储所希望的水平。
3·The jobless rate, meanwhile, stayed at 7.8% of the Labour force-well up on the 5.2% recorded in late 2007, before the recession had begun, but still lower than feared last spring.
同时失业率仍占劳动力的7.8%居高不下——要比2007年晚些时候5.2%的记录高得多，当时衰退还未开始，但仍然比去年春季担心的要低。
4·The figures surprised many economists who were expecting a slightly lower jobless rate, and a bigger gain in the number of jobs.
这些数字让许多经济学家感到吃惊。他们本来预期失业率会小幅下降，并新增更多的就业机会。
5·Irish consumers' spending is in retreat, after the country's recession pushed the jobless rate up by almost two-thirds to over 13% at the end of 2009.
爱尔兰的衰退导致2009年底该国失业率上升了近三分之二，至13%以上，之后爱尔兰的消费者支出处于下滑中。