laying off

基本解釋

Firms are not panicked into laying off workers they might otherwise have to hire back again at great cost.
企業(yè)也不必為要裁掉那些很可能得高價(jià)雇回來的員工而驚慌失措。
Lay off instead of firing; cut hours instead of laying off; do everything you can to retain your pool of talented, enthusiastic workers.
停工休息替代裁員，削減工作時(shí)間替代停工。盡你所能來保留能積極工作且才能出眾的員工層。
In Britain the headline unemployment number has not risen much yet but some sectors, such as builders, are laying off staff.
在英國，總體失業(yè)數(shù)字沒有增長太多，但是類似建筑業(yè)這樣的一些行業(yè)已經(jīng)開始裁員。

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