furlough
furlough 英 [ˈfɜ:ləʊ] 美 [ˈfɜrloʊ]
n. 休假；暂时解雇；放假 vt. 准假；暂时解雇
进行时:furloughing 过去式:furloughed 过去分词:furloughed 第三人称单数:furloughs 名词复数:furloughs
- Furlough started as a word for time off from military duty. It spread from there to other types of time off, including an employer furloughing (or laying off) employees.
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- n. 休假；暂时解雇；放假
- vt. 准假；暂时解雇
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1. U.S. auto sales are down about 40 percent from their peak, forcing automakers to idle plants and furlough workers.
美国汽车销售量已经从其峰值回落了大约40%,迫使生产商暂时关厂,让职工长期休假.
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2. On a short furlough, Malik goes through airport security and, without thinking, opens wide and sticks out his tongue, as he would during a regular inspection.
在一次短暂的外出休假中，当马里克面对机场安检时，他像平时接受例行检查一样，想都没想就长大了嘴巴伸出了自己的舌头。
- furlough (n.) 1620s, vorloffe, from Dutch verlof, literally "permission," from Middle Dutch ver- "completely, for" + laf, lof "permission," from Proto-Germanic *laubo-, from PIE root *leubh- "to care, desire, love." The -gh spelling predominated from 1770s and represents the "f" that had been pronounced at the end of the word but disappeared fairly soon thereafter in English.
- furlough (v.) 1783, "grant leave of absence" (to a soldier), from furlough (n.). Of employees, "lay off or suspend temporarily," by 1940. Related: Furloughed; furloughing.
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