1 PHRASAL VERB (通常指因工作岗位不足而)辞退,解雇,使下岗 If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do. (通常指因工作岗位不足而)辞退,解雇,使下岗 [business] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit. [be VERB-ed PREP.]
10万联邦公务人员将被辞退以减少赤字。
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They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers. [VERB PREP. noun]
一个月来一辆汽车都卖不出去,他们只好裁员。
SYN dismiss, fire [informal] , release, drop
3 PHRASAL VERB 住手;闭嘴 If you tell someone to lay off, you mean that they should stop touching or criticizing you or someone else. 住手;闭嘴 [informal]
SYN stop, give up, quit, cut it out