| 词汇 | walking-papers |
| 释义 | walking papers noun[ plural ] USuk /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ ˌpeɪ.pəz/ us /ˈwɑː.kɪŋ ˌpeɪ.pɚz/ If you give someone their walking papers, you ask that person to leave a place or a job because they have done something wrong: 解雇通知;逐客令 Three players got their walking papers last week.3名球员上周收到了解雇通知。 She was called into the boss's office and given her walking papers.她被叫到老板的办公室，收到了解雇通知。 Synonym marching ordersinformal See also papers Firing staff axe be out on your earidiom cast someone adriftidiom chop constructive dismissal decertification elbow someone out firing get the pushidiom give someone the heave-hoidiom heave-ho refire relieve relieve someone of something removal remove retire rightsize terminate termination walking papers | Business Englishwalking papers noun[ plural ] informal USukus HR, WORKPLACE → marching orders Examples of walking paperswalking papers She gave me my walkingpapers in a jiffy. From Project Gutenberg I could have given him his walkingpapers for a hundred good reasons. From Project Gutenberg If it had been winter, or even early spring or fall, a regular assistant would have been appointed at once, and the castaway given his walkingpapers. From Project Gutenberg The self-proclaimed "top banana" was given his walkingpapers. From CNN When he did the stuff he did, you know, she did not give him his walkingpapers. From Huffington Post Sources suggest that as many as 16 of the 42 nominating committee have been given their walkingpapers. From Billboard The rest received their walkingpapers. From Chicago Tribune Acer announced at the same time that it will be cutting its global staff by 7 percent, which could result in around 600 employees getting their walkingpapers. From Ars Technica These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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