1N-COUNT [usually plural](通常指因工作崗位不足的)解僱,裁員,下崗 When there are layoffs in a company, workers are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them in the company. (通常指因工作崗位不足的)解僱,裁員,下崗 [business]
It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees. [+ of]
它將關閉全國200多家店鋪,估計會有2,000名員工因此失業。
2N-COUNT 休養;療養;養傷 A layoff is a period of time in which people do not work or take part in their normal activities, often because they are resting or are injured. 休養;療養;養傷
They both made full recoveries after lengthy injury layoffs.