这一漫长过程的部分原因是，年龄较大的工人更有可能从诸如制造业这样的正在裁员的行业里被解雇。
The lengthy process is partly because older workers are more likely to have been laid off from industries that are downsizing, like manufacturing.
比如说，办公室里杞人忧天的那些人大部分时间可能都在担心会被裁员或解雇。
A worry wart in an office environment, for example, may spend most of his or her time fretting over getting laid off or fired.
接着粉红单子传来，该校大幅裁员。因为他们有太多新聘用的老师，差不多有一半被解雇。
Then the pink slips came, and this school got absolutely decimated. Because they had so many new teachers, [about] half of their staff got laid off.
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