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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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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Have you known layoff about our company.
你知道我们公司要裁员了吗？
He was bowling badly after his long layoff.
长期没碰之后，他保龄球打得真差。
I had been out of work ( following a layoff) for about five months and this seemed like a great opportunity to move my career forward.
因为那时我下岗后已经有大约五个月没有上班了。这份工作看上去是一个很好的机会，能让我继续向前推进自己的职业生涯。
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。