I was talking with a friend recently who took a voluntary lay-off to go to a new position at a start-up company.
最近我同一个朋友交谈得知，他刚刚自愿被解雇然后准备到一家刚刚起步的公司就职一个新职位。
That's why it's important to be be prepared to change jobs, because a lay-off could happen to any of us, often without warning.
这就是为什么提前做好换工作的准备是重要的原因，因为我们每个人都可能在没有警告的情况下被开除。
Essien, though, has been philosophical and typically laid-back about the lay-off, and he is simply excited about the new campaign.
虽然埃辛在理论上和现实中都与替补和修养相联系，但他还是简单的为新的赛季兴奋。
The company is to lay off 1,520 workers as part of a restructuring.
作为改组的一部分，这家公司将解雇1520名工人。
I think you'd better lay off fatty foods for a while.
我认为你最好暂时别吃高脂食物。
As rural factories lay off workers, people drift toward the cities.
随着乡镇企业裁员，人们陆续移向城市。
Lay off me will you—it's nothing to do with me.
别找我好不好—这事与我无关。
我知道为什么我该戒掉。
It is still difficult and expensive to lay off "regular" workers.
但解雇正式员工仍然非常困难和昂贵。
Solar energy companies like OptiSolar, Ausra, Heliovolt and SunPower, once darlings of investors, have all had to lay off workers.
曾经的投资者宠儿——太阳能系统公司都必须解雇工人。
So they had to lay off a third of the people.
所以公司不得不解雇三分之一的人。
That means they are less likely to lay off workers.
也就是说，这些小企业解雇员工的可能性减少了。
The worst part was having to lay off half the staff.
最糟糕的是，我还不得不解雇我的半数员工。
And because they've stopped spending money, more businesses have been forced to lay off more workers.
而因为他们停止了消费，又有更多的企业被迫解雇更多的员工。
Anglo American became the latest mining company to lay off employees because of falling commodity prices.
英美资源集团成为由于物价下跌而解雇员工的最新矿业公司。
Even traditionally defensive industries, such as pharmaceuticals, are suffering: Pfizer plans to lay off up to 8% of its researchers.
即使是比较保守性的行业，如制药业也深受其害：辉瑞公司计划解雇高达总雇员8%的研究员。
Oh Aurora, lay off the Patron.
哦，黎明之神，请将守护神解雇了吧！
Because it is so costly to lay off workers, businesses are reluctant to hire them in the first place.
由于解雇员工成本高昂，企业本来就不大情愿雇佣他们。
The factory is going to lay off many workers.
工厂准备解雇很多工人。
But to reduce operational costs, it seemed certain that we were going to have to lay off hundreds of them.
然而，为了降低运营成本，裁掉其中几百人看来在所难免。
The agency has had to lay off a dozen staff.
这家机构不得不解雇了12名员工。
Worse, the recession forced him to cut costs sharply and lay off nearly 4,000.
更糟的是，经济衰退迫使SAP大幅消减成本，并且解雇了将近4千名员工。
Worse, the recession forced him to cut costs sharply and lay off nearly 4, 000.
更糟的是，经济衰退迫使SAP大幅消减成本，并且解雇了将近4千名员工。
During the recession they had to lay off some partners, cut the equity shares of others and thin their layers of junior lawyers.
经济衰退期间，这些公司解约了几名合伙人，削减其他人的股权，还缩减初级律师队伍。
Lay off instead of firing; cut hours instead of laying off; do everything you can to retain your pool of talented, enthusiastic workers.
停工休息替代裁员，削减工作时间替代停工。尽你所能来保留能积极工作且才能出众的员工层。
Lay off! I don't need you to tell me what to do!
别再讲了！我不需要你告诉我怎么去做！
Like many other local firms, Natuzzi has had to lay off workers at its factories near Matera.
和多数其它地方公司一样，纳图兹不得不在马泰拉附近的工厂裁员。
America's more flexible jobs market makes it far easier and cheaper to lay off workers.
美国拥有更具弹性的劳动力市场，这使得解聘工人更容易，费用也更低。
America's more flexible jobs market makes it far easier and cheaper to lay off workers.
美国拥有更具弹性的劳动力市场，这使得解聘工人更容易，费用也更低。
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