layoff

英 ['leɪɒf]

美 ['leɪˌɔf]

n. (通常指因工作岗位不足的)解雇，裁员，下岗; 休养; 疗养; 养伤

复数：layoffs　

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柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （通常指因工作岗位不足的）解雇，裁员，下岗
When there arelayoffsin a company, workers are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them in the company.
1. 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。
N-COUNT 休养；疗养；养伤
Alayoffis 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.
1. 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。

英英释义

noun

the act of laying off an employee or a work force

双语例句

Probably every worker today has experienced or known someone who has experienced at least one layoff.
如今，或许没有哪个工薪族尚未经历过裁员，就算一次也没有，身边也总会有一两个亲历者。
The recall of an employee after a layoff.
解雇后一个员工的回聘。
Compensation also insulates most executives from layoff shocks.
优厚的薪水也使大多数高管有能力抵御被裁员的冲击。
This study has found that both human capital and political capital play important roles in determining layoff but lose their effects on income in post-layoff jobs.
研究发现，人力资本和政治资本对于下岗都有决定性作用，但未能影响工人再就业之后的收入回报。
But the layoff was fatal.
没想到这一停竟成了致命伤。
Microsoft announced plans on Thursday to cut 18,000 jobs, which would be the biggest single layoff round for the tech industry this year.
微软（Microsoft）上周四宣布，计划砍掉18000个工作岗位。这将是科技行业今年规模最大的一轮裁员。
The bottom line is that you need to be aware of the possibility of a layoff.
底线是，你需要意识到有被解雇的可能性。
He was bowling badly after his long layoff.
长期没碰之后，他保龄球打得真差。
In the wake of handing out3,000 layoff notices Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent an e-mail to staff.
在周二宣布3000人的裁员计划之后，微软CEO史蒂夫·鲍尔默给公司员工发了一封内部邮件。
In general, the employing unit's behavior of terminating labor contracts of a certain quantity of laborers due to business reasons can be called "layoff".
一般情况下，用人单位由于经营原因解除一定数量劳动者劳动合同的行为都可称之为裁员。