That's why it's important to be be prepared to change jobs, because a lay-off could happen to any of us, often without warning.

这就是为什么提前做好换工作的准备是重要的原因，因为我们每个人都可能在没有警告的情况下被开除。

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He has less money on hand than even the maverick Texan libertarian Ron Paul, and has been forced to lay off dozens of his staff of 120.

这使得麦肯恩的金库水位比独立参选人---德克萨斯州无党派人士朗保罗还低，也迫使他对其120人的竞选参谋军大举裁员。

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The problem is particularly acute in Spain and Italy, where labour laws make it expensive to lay off older workers but not young temps.

这一问题在西班牙和意大利尤为突出，因为在这些地方，劳工法使公司需要花费高昂去解雇老员工，但是裁掉年轻的临时工则没有这一顾虑。

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Changes were long overdue. Because it is so costly to lay off workers, businesses are reluctant to hire them in the first place.

这种情况的改变早就应该有了。由于解雇员工成本高昂，企业本来就不大情愿雇佣他们。

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Manufacturing firms need to obtain government permission to lay off a worker from factories with more than 100 staff.

制造业公司如果想裁掉超过100名员工，必须得到政府的许可。

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The government has told companies in the eastern coastal regions not to lay off workers without approval from local officials.

中国政府已勒令东部沿海地区的企业，在未经当地官员批准的情况下不得裁员。

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I was talking with a friend recently who took a voluntary lay-off to go to a new position at a start-up company.

最近我同一个朋友交谈得知，他刚刚自愿被解雇然后准备到一家刚刚起步的公司就职一个新职位。

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The worst part was having to lay off half the staff.

最糟糕的是，我还不得不解雇我的半数员工。

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He threatened, as a "last resort" , to lay off up to 9, 800 state workers to get the savings needed.

作为最后手段，他威胁会裁减9800个政府工作人员来获得救助所需。

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