1·The store where I work is laying off staff.
我工作的那家商店正在裁员。
2·Apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they can't reach an agreement on wages by midnight.
显然，如果午夜前不能就工资问题达成协议，公交公司将解雇它的员工。
3·Most of employers are planning to cut down on wages instead of laying off employees in response to the economic depression.
为了应对经济萧条，大多数雇主正计划降低工资，而不是裁员。
4·Both industries are laying off workers.
这两个行业现在都在裁员。
5·Even Microsoft began laying off workers.
甚至微软也开始裁员了。
6·Its 1950s-era textile mills are laying off workers.
五十年代修建的纺织厂的工人们纷纷下岗。
7·Though overall unemployment is at a record low, manufacturers are laying off workers.
虽然整体失业位于史上最低点，但制造业者正在解雇工人。
8·Motorola is laying off 800 of its 19, 000 workers even before the merger takes place.
就在这次并购发生之前，摩托罗拉的19,000名员工中就已经有800人遭到解雇。
9·Companies that are laying off workers aren't exactly rushing to order new phone lines.
那些正在裁员的公司并不会急着预定新的电话业务。
10·Firms have been laying off workers because they were facing falling profits or losses.
企业一直在裁员，因为它们的利润一直在下降，甚至正承受着越来越多的损失。