After the financial crisis, large-scale layoffs were carried out in various industries.

金融危机过后，各行业都进行了大规模的裁员。

The athlete returned to the game after a month's layoff at home.

这位运动员在家休养了一个月后重返赛场。

Today the coach mainly teaches the players professional layoff skills.

今天教练主要教学员们专业的喂球技巧。

I could point at all those layoff statistics. Or I could frighten you by bringing up the specter of your job going overseas.

我可以指出所有那些裁员的数据。或者，我可以提出你去海外工作这一幽灵来吓唬你。

Or maybe your company has managed to avoid a mass layoff.

或者你的公司不准备大面积地裁员。

The brutal truth of the mass layoff really shook everyone.

大批裁员的残酷事实让大家都很震惊。

In a mass layoff, 50 or more workers are laid off at a time.

大规模裁员，是指50或50个以上的工人同时被解雇的情况。

It turned out, the layoff was just what I needed to regain some balance.

然而事实证明，解雇正是我重得平衡所需要的。