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Layoff N Count 可数名词 Work 英 Leɪɔːf] 美 Leɪˌɔːf N.临时解雇;操作停止;活动停止期间

英语单词 layoff
英美音标 英 ['leɪɔːf] 美 ['leɪˌɔːf]
中文释义 n.临时解雇;操作停止;活动停止期间
英语例句 (1) Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs.
中文例句 (1) 当公司突然宣布裁员时,股票价格便大跌
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词](通常指因工作岗位不足的)解雇,裁员,下岗 When there are layoffs in a company, workers are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them in the company.
  [usu pl]
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • 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。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]休养;疗养;养伤 A layoff is 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.
  • 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。

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