lay off people的意思|示意

The heavy industries would be hemorrhaging jobs, but the sectors closer to final consumption would also lay people off.

重工业会损失大量的工作，但是更接近消费终端部门也会解雇一些人。

She advises repositioning a question such as, "Why did the company lay off people last year?"

她建议可以换个方式问问题，比如，把“为什么贵公司去年要裁员?。

The lab will lay off four people due to a lack of operating revenue, leaving two support staff, said Robert Sanders, a spokesman for the school.

学校的发言人Robert Sanders说，由于运作经费短缺，实验室将暂时解雇4名工作人员，只留下两名维护人员。

Earlier this week, Intel, the world's largest chip maker, said it would lay off at least 5, 000 people and close some test and manufacturing plants to deal with vanishing demand for its products.

本周早先时候，世界最大的芯片制造商intel表示由于产品需求巨大降低，公司会裁员至少5000人，并且关闭旗下的测试和生产厂。

If the economy were growing like it should, states like Wisconsin, New Jersey, California, they'd have enough money, they wouldn't have to lay people off.

如果经济增长正常的话，像威斯康星州，新泽西州，加利福尼亚州就会有足够的钱，就不必裁员了。

The recession creates new problems: leases don't expire just because you lay people off.

此次的衰退也带来了新问题：就算你裁员，租令期限也不会到期。