英语释义

1. a period of inactivity or idleness

2. the act of laying off an employee or a workforce also shutdown

3. to mark or measure off

4. to cease to employ (a worker) often temporarily

5. to place all or part of (an accepted bet) with another bookie to reduce the risk

6. to leave undisturbed

7. avoid, quit
was advised to lay off smoking and alcohol

8. to refrain from swinging at (a pitch)

9. to stop doing or taking something

10. to leave one alone
wish you'd just lay off

11. the act of ending the employment of a worker or group of workers

12. a period of time during which there is no activity

片语

layoffs s裁员；解雇

Resist layoffs抵制下岗

manufacturing layoffs下岗工人

discharge出院，免职；释放；（液体、气体等的）排出；排出物；放电；开枪；下客；履行责任；（债务的）清偿

redundancy[计][数] 冗余（等于redundance）；裁员；人浮于事

mass layoffs大规模裁员

planned layoffs有计划裁员人数

make layoffs裁员

Announced Layoffs宣称裁员

Plans Layoffs计划裁员

英汉例句

• helping state and local governments avoid layoffs is a higher priority, that would provide immediate and large benefits, and additional spending on infrastructure would also be higher on my list.

  在我的名单上，帮助各州和地方政府避免裁员具有较高的优先权，这会提供即时的巨大利益，此外额外的基础设施开支也会排名较前。

• it wasn「t as if we had a big surplus, but we were managing our share of the budget crisis well. we weren」t set to have any layoffs at all.

  今夏虽然我们没有过多结余，但我们在应对预算危机上，做得还是比较理想的，其实在最初，我们根本就没有裁员的打算。

• if your company has had layoffs or cutbacks, ask what you can do to fill the gaps.

  如果公司之前曾有过裁员或精简，问问你可以做些什么来填补空缺。

• 「given the financial damage to date, i cannot see how we can avoid a significant rise in layoffs and unemployment, 」 he said.

  从到目前为止造成的金融破坏来看，我看不出我们怎么才能够避免裁员和失业的大幅度增加。

• and you can understand their terror, because the publishing industry is in big financial trouble, rife with layoffs and restructurings.

  你很容易理解他们的担心，因为出版业正面临巨大的金融麻烦，裁员和重组随处可见。

• other analysts suggest the cost reductions may occur in the next few weeks and could also include more targeted cutbacks and attrition, rather than the big number of layoffs that some have speculated.

  其他分析师暗示降低成本可能会发生在未来几周内，可能还包括目标更明确的裁员和自然减员，而不是象一些人猜测的那样大量的裁员。

• if the states do not get enough funds, they may be under so much budgetary pressure that they may need to engage in layoffs and cut back services.

  他说，如果各州没有获得足够的资金，它们的预算压力可能会非常大，可能会因此裁员或是缩减服务规模。

• in india, executives said 95 percent of their layoffs were men; in france men accounted for 71 percent of job losses.

  在印度，行政部门说他们解雇的95%的员工是男性；在法国，男性占到失业人数的71%。

• have you noticed the number of layoffs being announced by newspapers of late?

  不知道你有没有注意到一些报纸最近进行的裁员？

• as the financial industry limps from one bleak quarter to the next, bankers and traders who dodged painful layoffs in the past year wonder if their luck is running out.

  随着金融业一季不如一季的萧条，在去年的裁员狂潮中幸免于难的银行家和交易员开始怀疑：他们的气数是否已尽？

• but whereas finance chiefs may be marginally less dour than in previous quarters, they are continuing to slash earnings forecasts and are speeding up plans for layoffs and spending cuts.

  尽管财务总监们比起前几个季度，信心稍有恢复，但他们仍然削减了收入预期，同时加紧制定裁员及降低开销的相关计划。

相似词

discharge出院，免职；释放；（液体、气体等的）排出；排出物；放电；开枪；下客；履行责任；（债务的）清偿

dismissal解雇；免职

furlough準假；暂时解雇