As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback—a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.

因此，它们已经失去了在经济萧条时期曾经持有的“保护伞”——一个后备挣钱者（通常是母亲），她可以在主要挣钱者失业或者病倒的时候出去工作。

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I'm sorry you got laid off.

你被解雇一事，我感到真的很抱歉。

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Literarily half of the CBS newsroom got laid off one day.

文采飞扬的美国哥伦比亚广播公司新闻编辑室的一半员工被裁掉的一天。

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But I got laid off. So I'm waiting for Barack to do something about the economy so I can go back to my regular job."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

I got off my horse and laid Powell on the ground.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Tricia Senzel got laid off from her job as a financial planner at UBS in 2009.

FORBES: From Laid-off to CFO: How to Relaunch a Career After a Layoff

But, this time, it was just due to the economy that I got laid off.

CNN: Transcript of May 'CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St.'

You retrained as an auto body mechanic, but then you got laid off again from that job.

CNN: Transcript of May 'CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St.'