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 recall of an employee after a layoff.
  解雇后一个员工的回聘。
• 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。
• Before that, the employee had to show that age was a factor contributing to the layoff.
  这项裁决做出之前，员工需要证明年龄是促成解雇的一个因素。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 2 the inevitability of another layoff forced many employees to find other jobs.
  再度裁员势在必行迫使员工们找寻其他的工作。
• An upbeat business vernacular calls every problem a 'challenge'and every massive layoff' rightsizing '.
  乐观的商业行话把任何问题都叫作挑战，每一次大裁员都叫作使规模合理化。
• Nokia layoff event does not violate laws and regulations, but has revealed deficiencies and shortages in some laws and regulations.
  虽然诺基亚裁员事件并未违反法律规定，但该事件也暴露出了一些法律规定的欠缺和不足。
• Nokia layoff event has become a hotspot of news media ever since.
  此后，诺基亚裁员事件成为各新闻媒体关注的热点事件。