1·It pays laid off workers up to half of their previous wages while they look for work.
失业的人们在找工作期间可以领取相当于原来一半工资的失业保险金。
2·Some private businesses have laid off workers and shut production.
一些私人企业已经开始裁员或是停止生产。
3·Worried that profits were declining, Randy Cohen, founder of Ticket City, an Austin-based ticket broker, laid off workers and cut managers' pay in 2008.
由于担心利润下滑，奥斯汀票务经纪公司Ticket City的创始人兰迪•科恩2008年一度进行了裁员，并削减了经理人员薪资。
4·As if to address today's inevitable question of "jobs," Prof.Prescott said that the laid off workers went to the Twin Cities and quickly found higher-paying employment.
至于像如今的“工作”这样不可避免的话题，普雷斯科特教授说，被解雇的工人去了双子城，并很快在那里找到了薪水更高的工作。
5·As if to address today's inevitable question of "jobs," Prof. Prescott said that the laid off workers went to the Twin Cities and quickly found higher-paying employment.
至于像如今的“工作”这样不可避免的话题，普雷斯科特教授说，被解雇的工人去了双子城，并很快在那里找到了薪水更高的工作。
6·And business owners or executives who felt it was insensitive to travel as they cut costs and laid off workers are again making plans to get away, leisure industry experts added.
娱乐专家补充：同时对于那些在旅行上削减开支并不感冒的业主和高管们以及失业工人来说旅行计划又一次的回来了。
7·Last week, we conducted research into how laid-off workers get their new jobs.
上周，我们调查了下岗工人是如何获得新工作的。
8·Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.
工资已被冻结，员工们下岗了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
9·The company has laid off 150 workers in an effort to save money.
公司为节省资金遣散了150名工作人员。
—— 《牛津词典》
10·100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit.
10万名联邦工作人员将被解雇以减少赤字。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》