be laid-off的意思|示意

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。

Now half had to be laid off.

现在有一半需要下岗。

That may, in part, be a reflection of American bosses' ruthless cuts in full-time jobs, forcing those laid off to scramble for whatever work they can find.

部分来说这可能反映出美国老板们对全职工作岗位的无情裁员，迫使这些被辞退的人抓住一切可以挣钱的机会。

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。

If you want to avoid being laid off, be prepared to state how your contributions will benefit the company.

如果你想避免被裁员，那就要准备好陈述你做出的贡献能够让公司获得哪些利益。

There are lots of very skilled people that have been and will be laid off or asked to take unacceptable cuts in pay.

因为将要有许多高技能人才下岗，或者面临无法接受的减薪。