A worry wart in an office environment, for example, may spend most of his or her time fretting over getting laid off or fired.
比如说,办公室里杞人忧天的那些人大部分时间可能都在担心会被裁员或解雇。
Dorsey: : I remember my dad getting laid off and all these things growing up.
多西:我记得在我成长的这些年里我爸爸下岗等诸如此类的事。
Companies are slashing payrolls: 3.6 million people have lost their jobs since the recession started, with half of those getting laid off in just the past three months.
公司缩减了工资名单:自从经济衰退开始,已经有360万人失业,其中一半人是在刚刚过去的三个月里丢掉了工作。
Jim: I don't really have a choice. People are getting laid off every day.
吉姆:我没选择。每天都有人被炒鱿鱼。
After getting laid off from Equiserve in 2002, Lewis took a job at Fidelity and considered going back to school to pursue tax law.
在2002年,他被Equiserve公司解雇后他在Fidelity公司找到了新工作,开始考虑回到学校学习税务法律。