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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
severances — plural of severance
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遣散费；解雇补偿金
money paid to an employee when they leave a company, especially when dismissed or made redundant
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。
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
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。
She invested her severance in a small online business.
她把遣散费投资到了一家小型网店。
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。
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。
Not this
The company gave him severance pays after the layoff.
Use this
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。
Not this
The severance storm destroyed many houses.
Use this
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。
Not this
They severanced him from the project team.
Use this
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。
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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。
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。
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。
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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'。
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。
常作定语修饰 payment、package 等，表示“解雇补偿金”。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.