汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 下岗
下岗 (下崗)
to come off sentry duty / to lay off (a worker) / laid-off
〈动〉❶离开执行守卫、警戒等任务的岗位:夜深了,交警仍未~。❷职工因企业破产、裁减人员等原因失去工作岗位:~待业。
xià () gǎng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

许多工人宁肯下岗也不接受减薪。

Many workers opted to leave their jobs rather than take a pay cut.

工资已被冻结,员工们下岗了。

Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.

当年一月,胡里安辞职,其他人一并下岗

That January, Hourihan quit and everyone else was laid off.

如今“提前退休”这个词几乎总是下岗的委婉语。

The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for layoffs nowadays.

要千方百计帮助下岗失业人员获得一份工作。

Every possible way should be tried to help laid-off and unemployed people find jobs.

希拉米勒最近刚刚从一家营销公司下岗

Shira Miller was recently laid off from a marketing firm.

第五,鼓励兼并、规范破产、下岗分流、减员增效和实施再就业工程。

Fifth, we should encourage mergers, standardize bankruptcy procedures, redirect laid-off workers, increase efficiency by reducing redundant staff and implement re-employment programs.

他的自命清高使他在下岗后陷入绝望的境地。

His loftiness sends him into despair when deprived of his job.

下岗之后就做起了专职管家婆,照料一家老小的生活起居。

After being laid off from work, she became a full-time housekeeper, taking care of the whole family.

外派潮、下岗潮、民工潮、毕业潮成就了我国今日的劳务派遣。

The tide of overseas labor service, lay-offs, migration of rural labor and graduation, contribute to the present labor dispatching in China.