The american economy remains in dire straits , with one worker in six unemployed or underemployed .

美国的经济仍是一团糟，六分之一的工人处在失业或半失业状态。

Those left unemployed or underemployed are struggling to retrain and catch up with the new economy 's needs .

那些失业和半失业的人们正努力接受再培训，以紧跟新经济发展的需要。

Unemployment , at 12.7 % , is the third-highest in the country . The underemployed may make up another 20 % .

失业率高达12.7%，高居全国第三，还要算上半失业的20%。

Underemployed citizens then realised that disgruntled officials would be less willing to use violence to put down street protests against the ailing dictator .

当时这位独裁者四面楚歌，半失业市民也意识到情绪不满的官员不太乐意施暴镇压抗议活动。

The patronage system he has built , which relies on buying off tribes and political opponents while maintaining a loyal caste of underemployed bureaucrats , policemen and army officers , is greased entirely by oil money .

他所构建的赞助系统，依靠收买部落和反对党来保持一个包括半失业官员、警察以及军官的忠诚的特权阶层，被石油的钱完全了。