disability living allowance
noun[U]
(alsoDisability Living Allowance)uk/ˌdɪs.əˌbɪl.ə.ti ˈlɪv.ɪŋ əˌlaʊ.əns/us/dɪs.əˌbɪl.ə.t̬i ˈlɪv.ɪŋ əˌlaʊ.əns/(abbreviationDLA)in the UK,moneythat thegovernmentpaystopeoplewho needextrahelpbecause they have adisability(= anillness,injury, orconditionthat makes itdifficultto do some things that most otherpeoplecan do). This is now beingreplacedbypersonalindependencepayment:
残疾人生活补贴（英国政府福利，现已被“独立个人补贴”所代替）Somebenefits, such asdisabilitylivingallowance, are notdependenton howpooror howwealthyyou are.有些福利，如残疾人生活补贴，并不取决于受益人的贫富程度。
It couldcostup to £400 tofixhiselectricscooter, which he could notaffordwithout his Disability Living Allowance.修理他的电动代步车可能需要花费400英镑，如果没有残疾人生活补贴，他就修不起。
- Thewebsiteexplainstheprocessforclaimingdisabilitylivingallowance.
- Disability Living Allowance canhelpwith theextracostsoflookingafter achildwho hasdifficultywalkingorneedsmuch morecarethan achildwithout adisability.
Unemployment
- anti-unemployment
- be between jobs/marriages/boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.idiom
- between
- displaced
- dole
- idleness
- job
- job centre
- jobless
- joblessness
- NEET
- pip
- precarity
- sign
- sign on
- unemployed
- unwaged
- vagabond
- welfare