柯林斯詞典lay off (laying,laid,lays) 1. PHRASAL VERB If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do. 解雇[商業(yè)] 100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit. 10萬名聯(lián)邦工作人員將被解雇以減少赤字。2. →see also layoff 返回 lay-off