lay someone off
phrasal verb with lay verb uk/leɪ/ us/leɪ/ laid
B2 解雇（某人），解聘（某人）
to stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do
Because of falling orders, the company has been forced to lay off several hundred workers. 由于订单减少，公司被迫解雇了数百名工人。
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- He was laid off last week.
- We have had to lay off all our workers.
- She became depressed after being laid off from the factory.
- We are doing all we can to avoid laying off staff.
- The company laid off all its printers last year.