"lay off" 是什麼意思?

母語人士的回答
Rebecca
這是一個職場用語,意思是因為工作短缺而暫時或永久性地裁員、解僱員工。通常是發生在公司經營不善或經濟衰退時。 例句: I was laid off during the recession. (我在經濟不景氣時被裁員了。) 例句: Many of my coworkers were laid off during the pandemic. The company only called a few of them back later. (我的許多同事在疫情流行期間被解雇了。公司後來只有打電話叫其中幾個人回來上班。)