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

• Local level staff ( posts) the recall of an employee after a layoff.
  当地雇用人员（员额）解雇后一个员工的回聘。
• The company intends to layoff a portion of the staff to reduce costs.
  为了节省开支，公司打算撤减一部分员工。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The recall of an employee after a layoff.
  解雇后一个员工的回聘。
• He was bowling badly after his long layoff.
  长期没碰之后，他保龄球打得真差。
• 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。