N-COUNT When there are layoffs in a company, people become unemployed because there is no more work for them in the company. 解雇 [商业]
It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees.
在全国范围内将关闭二百多家商店，造成约两千人失业。
The company has no rules about favouring U.S. citizens during layoffs.
该公司没有在裁员期间偏袒美国公民的规定。
Under this scheme, the number of individual working hours is reduced in an effort to avoid layoffs.
按照这项政策，减少个人工时来避免裁员。
(SPEAKING) Political and business leaders are scrambling to find ways to soften the economic impact of the layoffs, meeting recently in Orlando to discuss options.
VOA: standard.2010.03.18
So,you know,the impending layoffs at the Cape are a major concern for us."
VOA: standard.2010.03.18
While the unemployment rate is rising, the pace of layoffs has slowed from early this year, when nearly three-quarters of a million jobs were lost in January.
VOA: standard.2009.11.06
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