lay off
英[leɪɒf] 美[leɪɔːf]
"Quit teasing your little brother"
"She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
1.（通常指因工作岗位不足而）辞退，解雇，使下岗
If workersare laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do.
e.g. 100,000 federal workers will be laidoff to reduce the deficit...
10万联邦公务人员将被辞退以减少赤字。
e.g. They did not sell a single car for a month and had tolayoff workers.
一个月来一辆汽车都卖不出去，他们只好裁员。
2.住手；闭嘴
If you tell someone tolay off, you mean that they should stop touching or criticizing you or someone else.
lay off的反义词
e.g. He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him tolayoff.
他不停地打她，直至其他乘客过来叫他住手。
1. 解雇：即使在被解僱(Layoff)的最后一天,仍然抱覑积极態度对公司的市场发展提出个人建议,华裔移民宋海记昨日以亲身经歷,讲述了他的移民体会.
2. lay off的反义词
2. (暂时)解雇：暂时解雇无论何时总有些企业因减产或停业而解雇或暂时解雇(layoff)工人. 这些工人的流动职员发出离职国龙航空将对下属的350名职员发出离职(layoff)通知. 斯托表示,宣布停飞消息时,公司裁员... 靠你手中有解雇他的权力就能哈唬得住人家的-- 概因北美职场轻易不解雇(fire) 一个
3. 裁员：第三种,裁员(layoff)天下没有不散的筵席,公司今天需要你,明天就可能不需要你. 人在很多外界变化面前是非常渺小的,所以应该用平常心来看待,仔细研究在什么情况下公司可以裁员以及裁员的补偿,要小心公司为了逃避补偿而从雇员身上找借口,
The factory had to lay workers off when its orders decreased.
当订货减少时，工厂不得不将工人解雇。
They often lay off workmen during a business depression.
在商业萧条期间，他们将工人暂时解雇。
The store had to lay off a number of clerks because sales were down.
由于销售业绩下滑，商店不得不裁掉一部分店员。
I think you'd better lay off alcohol for a while.
我看你最好停止饮酒一段时间。
lay off! i don't need you to tell me what to do.
别再说了。我不需要你告诉我该怎么样做。
Why don't you lay off smoking for a while until your cough gets better?
你为什么不先戒烟等你的咳嗽好了一些后再说?
The level switch on the Air Separator turns OFF.
空气隔离器上的水平开关关闭。
They shut off the gas before going on holiday.
他们出发度假之前关闭了煤气。
The doctor advised the patient to lay off for a month after the operation.
医生建议病人在手术后休息一个月。
100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit...
10万联邦公务人员将被辞退以减少赤字。
They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers.
一个月来一辆汽车都卖不出去，他们只好裁员。
He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.
他不停地打她，直至其他乘客过来叫他住手。
Why don't you lay off today?
你今天为什么不休息?
The doctor advised him to lay off alcohol and smoking.
医生劝他戒酒戒烟.
He told me to lay off you, as you'd saved his life.'she announced baldly.
“他让我别再缠着你, 因为你救过他的命. ” 她大声宣告道.
It is unknown whether the company will lay off one third of the employees.
该公司是否要裁掉三分之一的员工还是未知的.
Before long Shanghai lay off is big land serves as communal concession and law concession.
不久上海又划出大片土地作为公共租界和法租界.
The company will lay off 1,500 workers in coming months at three assembly plants.
通用汽车未来数月将在三家组装厂裁员1,500人.
Just lay off me, will you?
请不要老缠着我, 好 吗 ?
The doctor told me to lay off for a week.
医生要我休息一周.
He wanted to know more about the lay off the land before investing.
在投资之前对所面对的局势他想多知道一点.
Why don't you lay off the crazy women for a while, huh?
为什么你不停下来一下不要在想她了呢, 嗯?
Then we had to lay off thousands of people.
其次,我们不得不解雇了数以千计的人.
The doctor told him to lay off for a couple of days.
医生叫他休息两三天.
The doctor told her to lay off work for a couple of days.
医生叫她休息几天.
lay off, can't you? Can you see he's had enough?
到此为止吧, 行不行? 你没见他已经够了?
The doctor advised me to lay off cigarettes.
医生建议我戒烟.
Nobady will lay off with the permission of labor union.
未经工会一致同意,谁也不会下岗.
And because they've stopped spending money, more businesses have been forced to lay off more workers.
而因为他们停止了消费, 又有更多的企业被迫解雇更多的员工.
Martha was in the hot seat because she had to lay off half of her employees.
马莎的处境尴尬,因为她必须解雇半数的员工.
lay off making unkind jokes on me, can't you? I've had enough.
别再对我开那些不友好的玩笑了, 行不行? 我受够了.
Has Miss Alison decided whether to retrain or lay off?
艾莉森女士对重新培训或者解雇这些雇员作出决定了 吗 ?
lay off that girl!
别缠着那个女孩子了.
The international company decided to lay off its redundant staff in all its departments.
那家跨国集团决定精减所有部门的闲员.
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