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Furlough Period Time Workers Leave Told   [Am 美

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.

word furlough
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Collins
furlough
/fɜ͟ː(r)loʊ/
1
[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。

2
[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。

3
[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 ; NAmE ˈfɜːrloʊ / noun [uncountable ,  countable ] 1 permission 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·lough verb furloughsb furlough furloughs fur·lough / ˈfɜːləʊ ; NAmE ˈfɜːrloʊ /
LDC
furloughfur‧lough /ˈfɜːləʊ $ ˈfɜːrloʊ/ noun [countable, uncountable]
Word Origin
Examples
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1a period of time when a soldier or someone working in another country can return to their own country SYN  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.
WDF

furlough

[ˈfɜ:ləʊ]furloughed, furloughing, furloughs

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Spoken:

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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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