福克斯新闻 美国公布八月份就业状况

The job market wasn't quite as strong as forecast in August. The Labor¹ Department says 156,000 new jobs were created under the 180,000 predicted. The unemployment rate increased a little, to 4.4 percent.

八月份的就业市场情况并不像预期的那样好。劳工部表示，市场共新增了15.6万个就业岗位，而原本预测新增18万。失业率稍有增加，上升至4.4%。

You made a little more money, but not much more, average hourly earnings² increased by one-tenth of a percent. And the number of people working or looking for a job didn't change.

收入水平稍有增加，但是增幅不大，每小时平均收入增加了0.1个百分点。正在工作或者正在找工作的人数没有变化。

The labor force participation³ rate held steady at 62.9 percent.

劳动力就业比率稳定在62.9%。

Ginny Kosola, FOX News.

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1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

3 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。