layoff是什么意思？

layoff

英['leɪɔ:f] 美[ˈleˌ ɔf]

• n. 停工，停止活动，临时解雇，操作停止，失业期；

复数：layoffs;

例句

• It could be triggered simply by the announcement of some massive layoff. 这种上涨有可能完全是由某次宣布大规模裁员引起的.
• But the layoff was fatal. 没想到这一停竟成了致命伤.
• His card joined the small pile of those spared from the layoff. 他的登记卡被放到那一小叠免于被裁的人的卡片里面.

英语六级真题

Mass layoffs and plant closings have drawn plenty of headlines and public debate over the years, and they still occasionally do.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （通常指因工作岗位不足的）解雇，裁员，下岗
  When there are layoffs in a company, workers are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them in the company.
  例句
  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
  A layoff is 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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  临时解雇
  Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week. 各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the act of laying off an employee or a work force

行业词典

• 体育： 不参加比赛的期间；停止活动的时期；训练中的过渡期；