layoff

英 ['leɪɒf]

美 ['leɪˌɔf]

n. (通常指因工作岗位不足的)解雇，裁员，下岗; 休养; 疗养; 养伤

复数：layoffs　

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柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （通常指因工作岗位不足的）解雇，裁员，下岗
When there arelayoffsin a company, workers are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them in the company.
1. It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees.
  它将关闭全国200多家店铺，估计会有2,000名员工因此失业。
N-COUNT 休养；疗养；养伤
Alayoffis a period of time in which people do not work or take part in their normal activities, often because they are resting or are injured.
1. They both made full recoveries after lengthy injury layoffs.
  他俩因受伤长期休养后都已完全康复。

英英释义

noun

the act of laying off an employee or a work force

双语例句

The bottom line is that you need to be aware of the possibility of a layoff.
底线是，你需要意识到有被解雇的可能性。
Before that, the employee had to show that age was a factor contributing to the layoff.
这项裁决做出之前，员工需要证明年龄是促成解雇的一个因素。
It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees.
它将关闭全国200多家店铺，估计会有2,000名员工因此失业。
Sixty percent of the teachers at the Mariposa-Nabi primary school in Los Angeles have received layoff notices.
洛杉矶Mariposa-Nabi小学有60%的教师收到解雇信。
Compensation also insulates most executives from layoff shocks.
优厚的薪水也使大多数高管有能力抵御被裁员的冲击。
The recall of an employee after a layoff.
解雇后一个员工的回聘。
In general, the employing unit's behavior of terminating labor contracts of a certain quantity of laborers due to business reasons can be called "layoff".
一般情况下，用人单位由于经营原因解除一定数量劳动者劳动合同的行为都可称之为裁员。
Despite the layoff announcements, pharmaceutical industry recruiting agencies and Internet job boards say it's not all bad.
尽管公布裁员，制药业招聘机构和网络招聘版块都认为，此现象不全是糟糕的。
The company intends to layoff a portion of the staff to reduce costs.
为了节省开支，公司打算撤减一部分员工。
Probably every worker today has experienced or known someone who has experienced at least one layoff.
如今，或许没有哪个工薪族尚未经历过裁员，就算一次也没有，身边也总会有一两个亲历者。