furloughs

英 [ˈfɜːləʊz]

美 [ˈfɜːrloʊz]

n.  (尤指在国外服役士兵的)休假(许可); (犯人的)准假; (通常因发不出工资而给的)准假
v.  准…休假
furlough的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (因工作量不足的)被迫休假，暂时下岗
  If workers are givenfurlough, they are told to stay away from work for a certain period because there is not enough for them to do.
  1. This could mean a massive furlough of government workers.
     这可能意味着大量的政府工作人员要暂时下岗。
• VERB 使被迫休假;使暂时下岗
  If people who work for a particular organizationare furloughed, they are given a furlough.
  1. We regret to inform you that you are being furloughed indefinitely...
     我们遗憾地通知您，您将要无限期地在家待岗。
  2. The factories have begun furloughing hundreds of workers.
     这些工厂已经开始让数百名工人暂时下岗。
• N-VAR (军人的)休假
  When soldiers are givenfurlough, they are given official permission to leave the area where they are based or are fighting, for a certain period.
  1. I was at home on furlough.
     我正休假在家。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用leave

双语例句

• Slay was preparing for more furloughs when the Cardinals made a comeback in the final weeks of the regular season.
  斯雷正在准备更多的暂时解雇时候红雀队在赛季最后几周卷土重来。
• And every week now, we hear reports of workers accepting pay cuts or furloughs without complaint& some of them acts of solidarity to protect jobs elsewhere in their companies.
  现在每个星期我们都能听到很多报导，说员工毫无怨言地接受减薪或暂时休假，有些这类团结一心的做法使公司其他部门的人得以保住饭碗。
• Whenever the funding is slashed, employees'unpaid furloughs will be increased.
  一旦资金大幅削减，员工的无薪休假就会增加。
• Furloughs, layoffs, burdened bosses, and stressed coworkers: Tension can stifle your office and kill productivity.
  休假、裁员、承受超负荷的老板、处于高压中的同事：紧张会使你的办公室生活窒息，扼杀你的产能。
• If employees have suffered through the agonizing game of "layoff roulette," furloughs and salary freezes ( or cuts), there may be some PTSD in the ranks.
  如果员工遭受过‘提心吊胆的裁员’、无薪休假、薪资冻结（或减薪），那他们可能会有一点受过创伤后过激的症状。
• Dick Beatty, Professor of human resource management at Rutgers University, says that while furloughs have been a feature of past recessions, "what is new is the creativity with which firms are using them".
  罗格斯大学（rutgersuniversity）人力资源管理教授迪克贝蒂（dickbeatty）表示，尽管暂时解雇是以往衰退中的一个特色，“但新鲜之处在于公司采用这些策略时的创造力”。
• For 2014, residential investment is expected to grow 10.3%, while the economy will likely grow only 2.2% as tens of thousands of federal employees face furloughs and cuts to government programs, Barclays forecasts.
  巴克莱预计，2014年，美国住房投资预计将增长10.3%，而美国经济可能只增长2.2%，数万联邦雇员正在面临强制休假，政府项目缩减。
• Hundreds of thousands of workers could be forced to take unpaid leave known as furloughs if Congress does not reach an agreement soon to undo the cuts.
  如果国会还不能在减少预算上达成协议，那么成千上百位政府员工就要被迫实行无薪休假了。
• "And in manufacturing businesses, the Fed said," Reports of reduced work hours, lost overtime, forced furloughs, planned shutdowns, and layoffs were pervasive.
  在制造业方面的表现主要为“普遍的工时减少、取消加班、被迫放假、有计划停产和歇业”。
• In the private sector during previous recessions, furloughs were associated with large manufacturers.
  在以往的衰退中，私营部门的暂时解雇总是与大型制造商联系在一起。