英 [ˈleɪɒf] 美 [ˈleɪˌɔːf]
n. 解雇，下岗；休养，停工期
复数layoffs
layoff /ˈleɪɒf/ CET6 TEM8
可数名词 When there are layoffs in a company, people become unemployed because there is no more work for them in the company. 解雇
It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees.
在全国范围内将关闭二百多家商店，造成约两千人失业。
the act of laying off an employee or a work force
临时解雇
... confront 使面临，对抗 layoff 裁员 unbearable 无法忍受的 ...
..."> 推荐阅读： 【基本概念】 临时解雇(Layoff) 是指工作岗位暂时短缺，企业因此告诉雇员现在暂时没有工作岗位可提供，但是在有可能的情况下，企业愿意召回这些雇员。
... layout n.布局，设计 layoff n.（临时）解雇， 下岗 legal adj.合法的，法律（上）的 ...
... layer n.层 layoff n.暂时解雇期间 layout n.布局,陈设来源：考试大 ...
layover 中断期间，中途短暂的停留；终点停车处；津贴
I could point at all those layoff statistics. Or I could frighten you by bringing up the specter of your job going overseas.
我可以指出所有那些裁员的数据。或者，我可以提出你去海外工作这一幽灵来吓唬你。
Some fool even themselves, until some life event—a layoff, an empty nest, an inheritance that frees them to spend time as they like—jolts them into taking stock of their true natures.
有些人甚至欺骗了自己，直到生活中发生了一些事情——失业、空巢、一笔可以让他们自由支配时间的遗产——让他们开始审视自己的本性。
In a mass layoff, 50 or more workers are laid off at a time.
大规模裁员，是指50或50个以上的工人同时被解雇的情况。
Sixty percent of the teachers at the Mariposa-Nabi primary school in Los Angeles have received layoff notices.
VOA : special.2011.05.05
The incentives will help prevent the downward spiral that can occur following mass layoff events.
Following a job loss or layoff, professionals turn to self-employment largely out of desperation.
After the confrontation, she said she tried to assuage the layoff fears the employees had.