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词汇 layoff
释义 layoff
noun
(alsolay-off)uk /ˈleɪ.ɒf/ us /ˈleɪ.ɑːf/

layoffnoun (work)


[ Coften plural ]
an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because the company does not have enough money or enough work: 解雇,解聘,下岗
The recent economic crisis has led to massive layoffs.近来的经济危机导致大批人员下岗。
[ Cusually singular ]
a period when someone is not working or playing sport: 停工期;歇工期
Foster is playing again after a six-week layoff due to injury.福斯特因伤休息6周后又重新回到了赛场。
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heave-ho
relieve
relieve someone of something
removal
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Passive and not working

layoffnoun (FOOTBALL)


in football, a short gentle pass into a space that another player from your team can run forward into, then move forward with the ball or shoot towards the goal without slowing down or stopping (足球比赛中)喂球
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General terms used in ball sports

layoff | American Dictionary


layoff
noun[ Cusually pl ]
us/ˈleiˌɔf/
an act of ending a worker’s job, esp. when the worker has done nothing wrong:
Executives say no layoffs are expected as a result of the merger.

layoff | Business English


layoff
noun[ C ]
 HR (alsolay-off)uk /ˈleɪɒf/us
the act of ending a worker's job, sometimes temporarily, usually because there is not enough work to do:
Workers have been warned to expect further layoffs.
Layoff notices are expected when business slows after Christmas.
a period when someone is not working because their job ended or they were forced to leave it:
long/short/temporary layoffA long layoff can help a budget but it can make workers less productive when they return.

Examples of layoff


layoff
About half of the layoffs took place in the construction materials and capital goods industries.
Were these responsible for peculiar labor market phenomena like layoffs and the reluctance of employers to reduce wages?
With the former, layoffs are likely to consist of predominantly low-quality firm-worker matches, whereas with the latter, both high- and low-quality matches may be involved.
With the sharp rise in layoffs in the early 1930s the chances of re-employment declined for all the unemployed.
Older workers are often targeted for layoffs, sometimes with redundancy packages.
Traditional mechanisms of adjustment (limiting layoffs to non-core sectors, transfer of the lowest value-added sectors overseas) have proved inadequate to the crisis.
Central to these reforms was the legalization of layoffs for 'managerial reasons'.
Apart from legalizing layoffs, the labour 'dispatch' system was introduced.
Demand collapsed and prices plummeted, resulting in massive layoffs, short-time working, cuts in piece rates and widespread, unsuccessful industrial unrest.
Arsenals experienced severe labor shortages among skilled workers because of voluntary quits, layoffs, and involuntary separations.
Voters in these areas may well, and rationally, anticipate layoffs as the transition continues, even in privatized firms.
The major limitation of this programme is that it has been restricted to designated layoffs in particular regions where local employment difficulties have attracted political attention from provincial governments.
Thus, trade unions are concerned with and often struggle against cuts in consumer subsidies, price rises, reductions in wages and allowances, layoffs, and government interference in union affairs.
Such perspective, later labeled 'globalism' by critiques, were politically consequential that it soon became widely cited to justify some less favored governmental policies (deregulation) and corporate decisions (outsourcing and layoffs).
In addition, they are afraid of their employ security from this enormous layoff.
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