unemployed

Compared meaning: not having a paid job (adjective).

比较义项：没有带薪工作、失业的（形容词）。

• unemployed 本词

  The neutral, standard term for having no paid job; used in formal and official contexts such as unemployment statistics or benefits, describing people genuinely without work.

  这是表示没有带薪工作的中性、标准用词；常用于正式和官方语境，如失业统计数据或救济金，指真正处于无工作状态的人。

  She receives benefits because she is officially unemployed right now.

  由于她正式被认定为unemployed，所以现在可以领取救济金。

• jobless

  A more informal, often journalistic term, frequently used as a modifier in set phrases like jobless claims or jobless rate, especially in news headlines.

  语气更随意，常见于新闻报道，多作定语出现在固定搭配中，如jobless claims、jobless rate，尤其常见于新闻标题。

  Jobless claims rose sharply last week after several factories closed.

  上周因多家工厂倒闭，jobless救济申请数量大幅上升。

Unemployed and jobless both mean not having a paid job, but the register differs. Unemployed is the neutral, standard word, used in formal contexts like official statistics or benefits. Jobless is more informal, often used in news headlines, as in jobless claims or jobless rate.

这两个词都表示“没有工作”，但语气和使用场合不同：unemployed更正式、中性，常用于政府统计、失业救济等官方语境；jobless更口语化，常出现在新闻报道的标题和固定搭配中，如jobless claims（失业救济申请）。