be laid off
基本解释
- 下岗；被解雇
英汉例句
- How many teachers will have to be laid off?
有多少老师将会下岗？ - Cuts in the education budget will probably shorten the school year by a week, require teachers to be laid off and cause classes to get bigger.
教育预算的削减很可能会让学年减少一个星期，这就要求部分教师下岗，造成班级规模扩大。 - What I’m saying is that it’s more likely that you’ll be laid off in the next 50 years of employment than me never reaching my goal after lots of failures.
我想要说的是与经历了许多失败之后我还从未达成自己的目标相比，你在未来的50年里更有可能被解雇。 - When the economy went south, the first to be laid off were the highest paid programmers.
FORBES: Listen To The Working World Around You - Moreover, the vast majority of Americans today don't expect to be laid off anytime soon.
FORBES: Secret Weapon - American workers who can so easily be laid off may not be hired back as quickly.
ECONOMIST: Productivity growth