the unemployed + plural verb
the unemployed 是集合名词，作主语时谓语动词用复数。
In this town, the unemployed are mostly former factory workers.
在这个镇上，失业者大多是以前的工厂工人。
失业者；失业人员（总称）
失业者(总称)；非自愿失业的人(作为一个群体)
people who do not have a job, considered as a group
通常与 the 连用，指失业者群体。
失业者(总称)
The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.
非自愿失业的人(作为一个群体)
people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
The new policy offers free retraining courses to the unemployed.
新政策为失业者提供免费的再培训课程。
用法提示：此处“unemployed”是名词，与“the”连用，指失业者群体。
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Many of the unemployed have been job hunting online since last month.
许多失业者从上个月起就一直在网上找工作。
用法提示：“the unemployed”作为复数名词，表示失业的人们。
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The local library holds weekly workshops to help the unemployed build interview skills.
当地图书馆每周举办研讨会，帮助失业者培养面试技巧。
用法提示：这里“unemployed”用作集合名词，表示失业者这一类人。
AI contextual example
the unemployed 是集合名词，作主语时谓语动词用复数。
In this town, the unemployed are mostly former factory workers.
在这个镇上，失业者大多是以前的工厂工人。
该词前必须加定冠词 the，整体指失业者，不能单独用 unemployed 指人。
Local charities run training courses to help the unemployed.
当地慈善机构开办培训课程，帮助失业者。
表示失业者的人数时用 the number of the unemployed，谓语动词用单数。
The number of the unemployed has fallen for three months.
失业人数已连续三个月下降。
grammar · medium
易错句子Unemployed are facing a hard time finding jobs.
正确表达The unemployed are facing a hard time finding jobs.
the unemployed 是固定说法，必须加定冠词 the 才能表示“失业者”这一群体；单独用 unemployed 作名词指群体不符合英语习惯。
grammar · medium
易错句子The government should help the unemployeds.
正确表达The government should help the unemployed.
the unemployed 是“the + 形容词”构成的集体名词，本身已表复数，不能加 -s 写成 the unemployeds。
grammar · medium
易错句子The unemployed needs more government support.
正确表达The unemployed need more government support.
the unemployed 指一群失业者，作主语时谓语要用复数（need），不能用单数（needs）；若要强调数量，可用 the number of unemployed is...
失业者（总称）
The government has promised new training schemes for the unemployed.
政府承诺为失业者提供新的培训计划。
长期失业者
The long-term unemployed often find it hardest to get back into work.
长期失业者往往最难重新就业。
帮助失业者
The charity runs workshops to help the unemployed write CVs.
这家慈善机构举办工作坊，帮助失业者撰写简历。
加入失业大军
Hundreds of factory workers joined the ranks of the unemployed last month.
上个月数百名工厂工人加入了失业大军。
给失业者的救济金
The new budget cuts benefits for the unemployed.
新预算削减了给失业者的救济金。
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