Cost cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduced the professional and managerial ranks leaving fewer people to get the job done.

20世纪80年代削减成本的裁员减少了专业人员和管理层的人数，留下更少能完成工作的人。

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To compensate, these Banks may need to consider comprehensive cost cutting measures, including massive lay-offs.

为了弥补损失，这些银行将可能通过大规模的解雇行为来降低成本。

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Lay out plate, sheet steel or other heavy metal and mark bending and cutting lines on work piece using protractors, compasses and drawing instruments or templates.

铺设莱板，钢板或其他重金属，用量角器，圆规和绘图工具或模板在工件上标记弯曲和切割线。

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In a bid to maintain operational efficiency, the company is undertaking several cost cutting measures including a number of lay-offs.

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But, by cutting off money, the Democrats lay themselves open to the charge that they are damaging the morale and perhaps even the capabilities of troops in the field.

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Usually quite the opposite happens as cost cutting dominates, leading to outsourcing and lay-offs reducing the workforce.

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