lay off

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• ① 【口】停止
  • He promised to lay off smoking [drinking].他答应戒烟[酒]。

• ② (由于不景气)栽员;暂时解雇(员工)
  • Five hundred workers were laid off (work).五百名工人暂时被解雇。
  • They laid us off (work) for three months.他们解雇我们三个月。
  • The firm had to lay off 100 men.公司只得裁员一百人。

• ③ 【美】脱(大衣等)

• ④ 划分(土地)

• ⑤ 休息;保养