lay off

v.解雇, 停止, 关闭, 休息

例句与用法:

Why don't you lay off smoking for a while until your cough gets better?

你为什么不先戒烟等你的咳嗽好了一些后再说?

Lay off! You're messing up my hair!

你把我的头发都弄乱了!

详细释义:

解雇

The company laid off 100 workers last week.

公司上周解雇了一百名工人。