Many said that unemployment, while extremely painful, had improved them in some ways: they had become less materialistic and more financially prudent; they were more aware of the struggles of others.
许多人表示，虽然失业非常痛苦，但也在某些方面让他们有所提升：他们变得更加不重物质、更加注重财务审慎；他们对他人所面临的困境也更加敏感。
explore reasons for the unemployment
探讨失业的原因
Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession, but it is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign workers.
戴维森的文章是最近几篇论述的一个例子，这些文章指出，我们如今之所以面临顽固的高失业率和中产阶级收入下降，主要原因是由于大萧条导致的需求大幅下降，但同时也是由于全球化和信息技术革命的进展，这两者正以前所未有的速度用机器或外国工人取代劳动力。
The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens.
英国福利的原则已不再是你可以通过缴纳国民保险费来保障自己免受失业风险，并在灾难发生时无条件获得支付。
Unemployment benefits should not be made conditional.
失业保险金不应附加条件。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。