layoff

名词临时解雇; 停工，停止活动; 操作停止; 失业期

1. （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.

    e.g. 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。

2. 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.

    e.g. 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。

1. Layoff notices will go out by March 15 and the actual number to be laid off will be determined no later than June 30.

2. That makes the challenge of a comeback less daunting for Serena Williams, who slipped to sixth in the rankings during her layoff.

3. This will be the company's second layoff in China this year.

4. Williams sat out much of the American summer with several nagging injuries and believes the layoff might have affected her play at the Open.

5. Yao still has two years on his contract and he also has the guaranteed contract, which means he will still be paid during the layoff.

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6. But after listening to conversations on a bus or metro train about layoff news, we know the picture is quite different.

7. The layoff itself has been the toughest part for Johnson, who had played every game since joining the Suns three years ago.

8. He said the China Games would provide him with a great opportunity to bond with his Houston teammates again after the lengthy layoff.

9. Now that he's in the middle of another layoff, rumblings about slippage in his productivity have resurfaced.

10. BYD recently conducted a mass layoff of employees and has had to deal with serious product quality issues.

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