Furlough refers to a temporary leave from work or duties, often due to a lack of work or as official permission for soldiers to leave their posts. It can be used as both a noun and a verb.
Furlough refers to a temporary leave from work or duties, often due to a lack of work or as official permission for soldiers to leave their posts. It can be used as both a noun and a verb.
[N-VAR 可变名词](因工作量不足的)被迫休假,暂时下岗 If workers are given furlough, they are told to stay away from work for a certain period because there is not enough for them to do.
[AM 美]
This could mean a massive furlough of government workers.
这可能意味着大量的政府工作人员要暂时下岗。
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[VERB 动词]使被迫休假;使暂时下岗 If people who work for a particular organization are furloughed, they are given a furlough.
[be V-ed]
[V n]
[AM 美]
We regret to inform you that you are being furloughed indefinitely...
我们遗憾地通知您,您将要无限期地在家待岗。
The factories have begun furloughing hundreds of workers.
这些工厂已经开始让数百名工人暂时下岗。
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[N-VAR 可变名词](军人的)休假 When soldiers are given furlough, they are given official permission to leave the area where they are based or are fighting, for a certain period.
[AM 美]
I was at home on furlough.
我正休假在家。
in BRIT, use 英国英语用leave
Oxford
fur·lough/ˈfɜːləʊ; NAmEˈfɜːrloʊ/noun[uncountable , countable ]1permission to leave your duties for a period of time, especially for soldiers working in a foreign country (尤指在国外服役士兵的)休假(许可)2( NAmE) permission for a prisoner to leave prison for a period of time (犯人的)准假3( NAmE) a period of time during which workers are told not to come to work, usually because there is not enough money to pay them (通常因发不出工资而给的)准假▶fur·loughverbfurloughsb furloughfurloughsfur·lough/ˈfɜːləʊ; NAmEˈfɜːrloʊ/
1a period of time when a soldier or someone working in another country can return to their own countrySYN leave: a young soldier home on furlough2American English a period of time when workers are told not to work, especially because there is not enough money to pay them → layoff: workers forced to take a long, unpaid furlough3American English a short period of time during which a prisoner is allowed to leave prison before returning: Morton stabbed the man while on furlough.—furlough verb [transitive] American English: 280,000 federal workers have been furloughed.
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furlough
[ˈfɜ:ləʊ]furloughed, furloughing, furloughs
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休假(90%),准……放假(5%),公休(5%)
n.休假;暂时解雇;放假
vt.准假;暂时解雇
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