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

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。
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。
In general, the employing unit's behavior of terminating labor contracts of a certain quantity of laborers due to business reasons can be called "layoff".
一般情况下，用人单位由于经营原因解除一定数量劳动者劳动合同的行为都可称之为裁员。
In the wake of handing out3,000 layoff notices Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent an e-mail to staff.
在周二宣布3000人的裁员计划之后，微软CEO史蒂夫·鲍尔默给公司员工发了一封内部邮件。
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。
Microsoft announced plans on Thursday to cut 18,000 jobs, which would be the biggest single layoff round for the tech industry this year.
微软（Microsoft）上周四宣布，计划砍掉18000个工作岗位。这将是科技行业今年规模最大的一轮裁员。
Have you known layoff about our company.
你知道我们公司要裁员了吗？
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。
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。