Word · Frequency #16468
severance
遣散费；解雇补偿金
money paid to an employee when they leave a company, especially when dismissed or made redundant
- 1.
The act of severing or the state of being severed.
切断的行为或状态
- 2.
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
断绝:个人或社会间的分离(如对立派别之间)
- 3.
A separation.
分离
- 4.
the act of severing
切断:切断的行为
- 5.
A severance payment.
遣散费
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
In use
When the factory closed, every worker received a full month's severance.
She invested her severance in a small online business.
They are negotiating the amount of severance for the laid-off staff.
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。
severance pay
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。
a severance package
指解雇补偿方案，通常包括遣散费及其他福利。
Connections
Collocations
- severance pay
- 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。
- severance package
- 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。
- severance agreement
- 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。
- severance of ties
- 断绝关系
- The country announced the severance of diplomatic ties.该国宣布断绝外交关系。
- receive severance
- 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。
- pay severance
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sever（切断）＋ance（名词后缀）＝切断的状态；离职时关系被切断，公司给遣散费，记住 sever 是'切'。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：employment/HR、legal/contracts、news reports 通常较正式，多用于职场或法律语境，指‘遣散费、解雇补偿金’；若指‘切断、断绝’则比较常见于正式书面语。日常口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
常作定语修饰 payment、package 等，表示“解雇补偿金”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling ending -ance, pronounced /əns/ in an unstressed syllable. They match the final syllable of severance but do not fully rhyme with it because the stressed vowel differs. Note the noun entrance /ˈɛntrəns/ versus the verb entrance /ɪnˈtræns/ (to enchant).
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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