be on layoff
表示处于停工、暂时无工作可做的状态，常见于美式英语。
Many factory workers were on layoff for several months.
许多工厂工人停工了好几个月。
失业期；停工期间
转嫁风险的赌注；无法工作的时期；为降低风险而转移给另一庄家的赌注；临时解雇；操作停止
A period of time when someone is not working, especially because their employer has no work for them.
无法工作的时期
A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
为降低风险而转移给另一庄家的赌注
A bet that is laid off, i.e. placed with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
The company announced a massive layoff, affecting hundreds of employees.
公司宣布大规模裁员，影响数百名员工。
用法提示：layoff作为名词，意为临时解雇，在此句中指裁员事件。
After the layoff, he struggled to find a new job in his field.
被解雇后，他很难在自己的领域找到新工作。
用法提示：layoff作为名词，表示解雇这一行为或结果。
Many workers were worried about potential layoffs during the economic downturn.
经济低迷期间，许多工人担心可能被裁员。
用法提示：layoffs是layoff的复数形式，指多次或多人被解雇。
表示处于停工、暂时无工作可做的状态，常见于美式英语。
Many factory workers were on layoff for several months.
许多工厂工人停工了好几个月。
用 from work 说明无工作可做的来源，前面常接 a long、a brief 等修饰语。
She found it hard to pay her bills during a long layoff from work.
在长时间无工作可做的期间，她很难支付账单。
此义指为降低风险而转投给另一庄家的赌注，属博彩用语。
He placed a layoff bet with another bookmaker to cut his risk.
为了降低风险，他在另一家庄家下了一笔转投的赌注。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many workers are in layoff.
正确表达Many workers are on layoff.
表示处于“无法工作的时期”这一状态时，英语固定用介词 on，即 on layoff；in layoff 不符合英语搭配习惯。汉语说“在停工期间”容易直译成 in。
grammar · medium
易错句子The factory announced layoff.
正确表达The factory announced a layoff.
layoff 是可数名词，单数泛指时需要不定冠词 a/an；汉语名词前没有冠词，容易漏掉。这里表示“一次停工/一段无法工作的时期”，应说 a layoff。
临时裁员；暂时停工
The factory workers were put on temporary layoff during the slowdown.
工厂工人在经济放缓期间被暂时停工。
大规模裁员
The company announced mass layoffs after losing its biggest contract.
公司在失去最大的合同后宣布大规模裁员。
裁员通知
She received a layoff notice on Friday.
她周五收到了一份裁员通知。
一波裁员潮
A wave of layoffs swept through the tech industry.
一波裁员潮席卷了科技行业。
宣布裁员
Management announced layoffs at the end of the quarter.
管理层在季度末宣布了裁员。
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