| 单词 | lay off |
| 释义 | lay off (once / 4065 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY lay off: laying off, lays off USAGE EXAMPLESDave Goodside kept the Beach Cafe restaurant open, borrowing money, laying off employees and sometimes working nonstop to remain afloat. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Pocono Medical Center said in mid-December that it planned to lay off 61 registered nurses. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) In November, the company decided to liquidate, laying off 18,500 workers and closing the plants. New York Times(Dec 10, 2016) 1 v dismiss, usually for economic reasons 2She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized Syn|Hypo|Hyper furlough downsize dismiss from work can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position v put an end to a state or an activity Syn|Ant|Hypo cease, discontinue, give up, quit, stop bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last continue, go forward, proceedmove ahead; travel onward in time or space continue, go along, go on, keep, proceedcontinue a certain state, condition, or activity drop, knock off stop pursuing or acting leave offstop using sign offcease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations retire, withdrawwithdraw from active participation pull the plugprevent from happening or continuing close off, shut offstem the flow of cheeseused in the imperative (get away, or stop it) call it a day, call it quitsstop doing what one is doing breakgive up nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequidrop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records drop outwithdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values |
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