lay off

1. See also: 100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit... They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers. layoff
2. PHRASAL VERB 住手；闭嘴
   If you tell someone to lay off, you mean that they should stop touching or criticizing you or someone else.
   1. He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.
      他不停地打她，直至其他乘客过来叫他住手。

1. Then a voice bawled: 'Lay off! I'll kill you, you little rascal!'
   然后一个声音大叫道：“赶紧停下！我会杀了你的，你这个小流氓！”
2. 100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit
   10万联邦公务人员将被辞退以减少赤字。
3. They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers.
   一个月来一辆汽车都卖不出去，他们只好裁员。
4. He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.
   他不停地打她，直至其他乘客过来叫他住手。
5. I hate to be caught in this Hobson's choice: work without salary or lay off.
   我讨厌陷入霍布森设置的选择：不是白干，就是下岗。【正译】我讨厌这种没有选择的选择：不是白干，就是下岗。
6. Managers don't want to lay off employees with whom they have a genuine work friendship.
   因为，经理不会炒掉和他们有真正工作友谊的职员。
7. Just lay off me for a second! I forgot about the show.
   别再添乱了，我忘记演出的事了。
8. It's time we were able to lay off these heavy winter clothes.
   我们该脱去这些冬天穿的厚衣服了。
9. I've smoked cigarettes for years, but now I'm going to lay off.
   我抽烟很多年了，现在打算戒了。
10. Lay off! You're messing up my hair.
    住手，你把我的头发都弄乱了。
11. Lay off! I don't need you tell me how to do!
    别再讲了！我不需要你告诉我怎么做！
12. Let's lay off for a few minutes, this work is tiring.
    我们休息一会儿吧，这活儿太累了。
13. Why don't you lay off today?
    你今天为什么不休息？
14. So long as I can make good my threat, they'll lay off the use of force.
    只要我能实现我的威吓计划，他们一定会停止使用武力。
15. You got to lay off the hip-hop.
    你还是别用这些嘻哈的词语了。
16. Lay off or I'll kill you!
    停下来，否则我杀你了！
17. When did you factory lay off you from your job?
    你们工厂什么时候把你们解雇了？
18. I'd lay off stirring up trouble for a bit if I were you.
    要是我是你的话，我就暂时不去捅篓子。
19. You should let her, for a while, lay off for a rest.
    暂时你应该让她好好休息一下。
20. Lay off making unkind jokes on me, can't you? I've had enough.
    别再对我开那些不友好的玩笑了，行不行？我受够了。
21. Lay off, can't you! Can't you see he's had enough?
    别再打扰了，行不行？你难道没有看见他已经受够了吧？
22. A: We have to lay off some workers and you're one of them.
    我们不得不让一些工人下岗，而你就是其中一个。
23. Then we had to lay off thousands of people.
    然后我们不得不解雇了数以千计的人。
24. So you might have to lay off the arm wrestling.
    我看你就先别跟人家掰手腕了。
25. I just had to lay off three of my actuaries.
    我刚裁掉了三个保险精算师。
26. I really need to lay off fast food. I am gaining weight.
    我真的不能再吃快餐了。我越来越胖了。
27. I want you to lay off the drugs.
    我希望你停止吸毒。
28. Lay off kicking that chair!
    别再踢那椅子了！
29. But lay off the cigars and the beer, okay?
    但是把烟和酒戒了，好吗？
30. I warned him to lay off me, but he did not, so I belted him.
    我警告过他别缠着我，但是他不听，所以我就打了他。

  dismiss axe fire lay off remove sack【导航词义：解雇】

  dismiss v. 开除，解雇

〔辨析〕指正式解除某人的职务，常可与 fire，sack 换用。

  axe v. 突然解雇

〔辨析〕指突然解除某人的职务。

  fire v. 〈口〉解雇，开除

〔辨析〕指强行解除某人的职务，常可与 sack 换用。

  lay off phr. v. 解雇

〔辨析〕指因为没有工作可做而解雇员工。

  remove v. 开除，罢免

〔辨析〕指免除某人的职务，尤指罢免身居要职者。

  sack v. 〈英，非正式〉开除，解雇

〔辨析〕解除某人的职务。

verb

1. dismiss, usually for economic reasons
   1. She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized

   Synonym:    furlough

2. put an end to a state or an activity
   1. Quit teasing your little brother

   Synonym:    discontinuestopceasegive upquit