[] () people who have no work or very little work but who are not officially recorded as unemployed, for example people who are ill/sick or who are caring for sb 隐蔽性失业◆The country suffers from severe hidden unemployment, with the official jobless count a fraction of the real total. 这国家遭受严重的隐蔽性失业打击，官方失业统计数字仅占实际总数的很小部分。▸ˌhidden unemˈployed
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[] ◆The number of hidden unemployed had risen 130 000 since 2002. 隐蔽性失业人数自 2002 年以来上升了 13 万人。