laying off
裁员：指企业或雇主基于业务上的考量
常用释义
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基本释义
- 裁员：指企业或雇主基于业务上的考量，暂时或永久中止雇用个人或集体雇员的行为。
例句
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1·The store where I work is laying off staff.我工作的那家商店正在裁员。
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2·Apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they can't reach an agreement on wages by midnight.显然，如果午夜前不能就工资问题达成协议，公交公司将解雇它的员工。
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3·Most of employers are planning to cut down on wages instead of laying off employees in response to the economic depression.为了应对经济萧条，大多数雇主正计划降低工资，而不是裁员。
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4·Both industries are laying off workers.这两个行业现在都在裁员。
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5·Even Microsoft began laying off workers.甚至微软也开始裁员了。
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6·Its 1950s-era textile mills are laying off workers.五十年代修建的纺织厂的工人们纷纷下岗。
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7·Though overall unemployment is at a record low, manufacturers are laying off workers.虽然整体失业位于史上最低点，但制造业者正在解雇工人。
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8·Motorola is laying off 800 of its 19, 000 workers even before the merger takes place.就在这次并购发生之前，摩托罗拉的19,000名员工中就已经有800人遭到解雇。
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9·Companies that are laying off workers aren't exactly rushing to order new phone lines.那些正在裁员的公司并不会急着预定新的电话业务。
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10·Firms have been laying off workers because they were facing falling profits or losses.企业一直在裁员，因为它们的利润一直在下降，甚至正承受着越来越多的损失。