severance of [noun]
正式用语，表示关系、联系等的切断或终止。
The severance of diplomatic ties between the two countries came as a shock.
两国之间断绝外交关系令人震惊。
遣散费；解雇补偿金
切断；断绝；分离；切断的行为或状态；断绝:个人或社会间的分离(如对立派别之间)；分离；切断:切断的行为
money paid to an employee when they leave a company, especially when dismissed or made redundant
切断的行为或状态
The act of severing or the state of being severed.
断绝:个人或社会间的分离(如对立派别之间)
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
分离
A separation.
切断:切断的行为
the act of severing
遣散费
A severance payment.
When the factory closed, every worker received a full month's severance.
工厂关闭时，每位工人都拿到了整整一个月的遣散费。
用法提示：此处 severance 为不可数名词，指解雇时支付的补偿金。
She invested her severance in a small online business.
她把遣散费投资到了一家小型网店。
用法提示：severance 用作名词，表示一次性给付的遣散费。
They are negotiating the amount of severance for the laid-off staff.
他们正在就裁员员工的遣散费金额进行谈判。
用法提示：此处 severance 为名词，指解雇补偿金，常与 the amount of 搭配。
正式用语，表示关系、联系等的切断或终止。
The severance of diplomatic ties between the two countries came as a shock.
两国之间断绝外交关系令人震惊。
指雇主在解雇员工时支付的补偿金。
After the layoff, she received a month of severance pay.
被解雇后，她领到了一个月工资的遣散费。
指解雇补偿方案，通常包括遣散费及其他福利。
The company offered him a generous severance package.
公司给了他一份丰厚的遣散费方案。
含义较宽泛，指人或事物分开的状态或行为；severance 则更强调通过切断或终止关系来达到分离。
常用于团体、派别或意见上的分裂，较口语化；比 severance 更具体，且不一定指关系彻底终止。
较正式，特指关系或组织间出现严重裂痕，通常暗示难以弥合；语义强度大于 severance。
强调把一个整体分为几个部分，语气中性；不像 severance 那样带有切断或终止关系的强烈意味。
较口语化，常用于 break with 短语（如 break with tradition）；单独作名词时不如 severance 正式。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company gave him severance pays after the layoff.
正确表达The company gave him severance pay after the layoff.
severance pay（遣散费）是不可数名词，pay 不能用复数；表示具体金额或补偿方案可用 an amount of severance pay 或 a severance package。
grammar · medium
易错句子The severance storm destroyed many houses.
正确表达The severe storm destroyed many houses.
severance 是名词，意为“切断、断绝”或“遣散费”；表示“严重的”要用形容词 severe。二者拼写相近但词性和意义不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子They severanced him from the project team.
正确表达They severed him from the project team.
severance 是名词，不是动词；“切断、断绝”的动词是 sever，过去式为 severed。不能把名词 severance 当作动词使用。
针对“分离/断绝”义：指人或团体结合为一体，与 severance 所表示的分离相对。
针对“切断/断绝”义：指事物间保持联系或接续，与切断形成对比。
针对“分离”义：指分离后重新相聚；注意“遣散费”义无明确反义词。
severance 是名词，指切断/断绝的行为或遣散费；sever 是动词，表示切断、割断，不能当名词用。
separation 泛指各种分开/分离，可用于具体或抽象的人物分离；severance 更强调彻底断绝关系，或尤指解雇补偿金。
severity 来自 severe，表示严重性或严厉程度；severance 来自 sever，表示切断/断绝或遣散费，两者拼写相近但意思无关。
遣散费
The company offered him six months' severance pay.
公司给了他一笔相当于六个月工资的遣散费。
遣散补偿方案
She negotiated a generous severance package before leaving.
她在离职前争取到了一套丰厚的遣散补偿方案。
遣散协议
Both parties signed a severance agreement to avoid a lawsuit.
双方签署了遣散协议以避免诉讼。
断绝关系
The country announced the severance of diplomatic ties.
该国宣布断绝外交关系。
领取遣散费
Workers who are laid off will receive severance.
被解雇的工人将领取遣散费。
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sever (root: to cut off/separate) + -ance (suffix: action/state). No active prefix in modern English. Related words: sever, severable; -ance also in acceptance, perseverance.
指解雇员工的行为，常与 severance pay（遣散费）一同讨论。
常用搭配 severance package，指包括遣散费在内的整体补偿方案。
泛指因解雇或其他损失而给予的金钱补偿，severance 是其中一种。
支付 severance 的一方，常出现于雇佣关系解除的语境中。
领取 severance 的一方，与该词在解雇或离职场景中经常共现。
什么是分离？
He received a generous severance package after the company was acquired.
公司被收购后，他得到了一笔丰厚的遣散费。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
支付遣散费
The firm refused to pay severance to the fired executives.
公司拒绝向被解雇的高管支付遣散费。