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　

CET6考研IELTSBEC

Collins.1 / BNC.40104 / COCA.7801

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

• The enterprise is unable to unilaterally withdraw the plan on the cancellation of labor relationship or the layoff proposal.
  （二）企业不能单方面撤回解除劳动关系计划或裁减建议。
• In middle-class China, a layoff means it is time for a new job. A stock market crash means it is time to reinvest.
  而对中国的中产阶级而言，裁员意味着该是找份新工作的时候了，股市暴跌意味着该重新投资。
• Have you known layoff about our company.
  你知道我们公司要裁员了吗？
• Remember firing is not the same as layoff or reduction in force.
  记得射击是不一样的裁员或削减部队。
• 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。
• Sixty percent of the teachers at the Mariposa-Nabi primary school in Los Angeles have received layoff notices.
  洛杉矶Mariposa-Nabi小学有60%的教师收到解雇信。
• But the layoff was fatal.
  没想到这一停竟成了致命伤。
• It can be seen from the above analysis that Nokia's operational procedures and methods in the so-called "Nokia Layoff Event" basically conform to laws and regulations without obvious legal flaws.
  从以上分析可以看出，在所谓诺基亚裁员事件中，诺基亚的操作流程和操作方式基本符合法律规定，并无明显法律瑕疵。
• 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。
• Many layoff victims send cover letters that blame the economy for their job loss, says Ms.
  夏皮罗说，很多被解雇人员在求职信中将自己失业归咎于目前的经济形势。