lay off

verb

1. dismiss, usually for economic reasons

e.g. She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized

Synonym: furlough

2. put an end to a state or an activity

e.g. Quit teasing your little brother

Synonym: discontinuestopceasegive upquit

1. （通常指因工作岗位不足而）辞退，解雇，使下岗
If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do.

e.g. 100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit...
10万联邦公务人员将被辞退以减少赤字。
e.g. They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers.
一个月来一辆汽车都卖不出去，他们只好裁员。

2. 住手；闭嘴
If you tell someone to lay off, you mean that they should stop touching or criticizing you or someone else.

lay off的反义词

e.g. He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.
他不停地打她，直至其他乘客过来叫他住手。

1. 解雇：即使在被解僱(Lay off)的最后一天,仍然抱覑积极態度对公司的市场发展提出个人建议,华裔移民宋海记昨日以亲身经歷,讲述了他的移民体会.

2. lay off的反义词

2. (暂时)解雇：暂时解雇无论何时总有些企业因减产或停业而解雇或暂时解雇(lay off)工人. 这些工人的流动职员发出离职国龙航空将对下属的350名职员发出离职(lay off)通知. 斯托表示,宣布停飞消息时,公司裁员... 靠你手中有解雇他的权力就能哈唬得住人家的-- 概因北美职场轻易不解雇(fire) 一个

3. 裁员：第三种,裁员(lay off)天下没有不散的筵席,公司今天需要你,明天就可能不需要你. 人在很多外界变化面前是非常渺小的,所以应该用平常心来看待,仔细研究在什么情况下公司可以裁员以及裁员的补偿,要小心公司为了逃避补偿而从雇员身上找借口,