layoff

1. N-COUNT When there are layoffs in a company, people become unemployed because there is no more work for them in the company. 解雇[商業(yè)]

It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees. 在全國范圍內(nèi)將關閉二百多家商店，造成約兩千人失業(yè)。