layoffs

英 [ˈleɪˈɒfs]

美 [ˈleɪˌɔfs]

n.  (通常指因工作岗位不足的)解雇，裁员，下岗; 休养; 疗养; 养伤
layoff的复数

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。

双语例句

• Widespread hiring freezes and layoffs have brought these problems into sharp relief now.
  广泛聘用冻结和裁员，使这些问题到现在大幅减免。
• Schroder decisively lowered pension costs and unemployment compensation, and he gave companies more flexibility with hiring and layoffs.
  施罗德决定降低养老金和失业金，给予公司更多的招聘裁员灵活权。
• Even large companies may cut training budgets, a red flag that financial concerns could lead to layoffs.
  即使大公司也有可能削减培训预算，这是一个警告信号，说明财务困难可能会导致裁员。
• The worsening trade situation has already led to a spate of factory closures and layoffs in China.
  贸易状况的恶化已经导致了一系列关闭工厂和裁员中。
• When layoffs loom, face time with coworkers and the boss in the office gains consequence.
  当裁员危机到来时，你在上司以及同事面前的努力就可以得到回报了。
• Employees who had survived rounds of layoffs were energized again.
  那些从一轮轮裁员中幸存下来的员工眼里重新燃起了希望。
• It legitimizes discussions of a taboo topic ( layoffs).
  它使得关于一个禁忌话题（解雇）的讨论合理化了。
• 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。
• Schulte warned government and industrial leaders that those who even venture to think about mass layoffs are playing with fire.
  舒尔特警告政府和业界领袖说，哪怕只是动动大规模裁员念头的人都是在玩火。
• 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。