Lay-off
n. 解雇, (临时)解雇期, 关闭, 停歇\\n[经] 临时解雇, 停止工作, 休息
📖 牛津释义
lay-off
n
(a) dismissal of a worker, usu for a short time 解雇工人（通常为短期）
many lay-offs among factory workers 工人中许多暂遭解雇的人.
(b) period of this 暂时解雇期
a long lay-off over the winter 长达一冬的暂时解雇.
🧩 词语组成解析
lay
[lei]
vt. 放置;铺放;涂，敷;产卵;
adj. 世俗的;外行的;没有经验的;
n. 叙事诗;性伙伴;
off
[ɔ:f, ɔf]
prep. 从…落下;离开;从…去掉;下班;
adv. 离开;距，离;被取消;下班;
adj. 不新鲜的;不能接受;不礼貌;
n. 起跑;
v. 杀死;
🗣️ 情景例句
Thanks.
谢谢你的夸奖。
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It's very satisfying to see so many of you here.
各位女士各位先生，早上好，在这里见到你们大家使人感到非常满意。
A foreigner living in a Swedish village wrote to the Ombudsman complaining that he had been ill-treated by the police, simply because he was a foreigner.
一个住在瑞典乡村的外国人写信给司法特派员，抱怨说他受到警察的虐待，原因就是因为他是个外国人。