furlough

英 [ˈfɜːləʊ]

美 [ˈfɜːrloʊ]

n.  (尤指在国外服役士兵的)休假(许可); (犯人的)准假; (通常因发不出工资而给的)准假
v.  准…休假

复数：furloughs　现在分词：furloughing　过去式：furloughed　第三人称单数：furloughs　过去分词：furloughed　

BNC.45389 / COCA.21242

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指在国外服役士兵的）休假（许可）
  permission to leave your duties for a period of time, especially for soldiers working in a foreign country
• （犯人的）准假
  permission for a prisoner to leave prison for a period of time
• （通常因发不出工资而给的）准假
  a period of time during which workers are told not to come to work, usually because there is not enough money to pay them

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (因工作量不足的)被迫休假，暂时下岗
  If workers are givenfurlough, they are told to stay away from work for a certain period because there is not enough for them to do.
  1. This could mean a massive furlough of government workers.
     这可能意味着大量的政府工作人员要暂时下岗。
• VERB 使被迫休假;使暂时下岗
  If people who work for a particular organizationare furloughed, they are given a furlough.
  1. We regret to inform you that you are being furloughed indefinitely...
     我们遗憾地通知您，您将要无限期地在家待岗。
  2. The factories have begun furloughing hundreds of workers.
     这些工厂已经开始让数百名工人暂时下岗。
• N-VAR (军人的)休假
  When soldiers are givenfurlough, they are given official permission to leave the area where they are based or are fighting, for a certain period.
  1. I was at home on furlough.
     我正休假在家。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用leave

英英释义

noun

• a temporary leave of absence from military duty

verb

• grant a leave to
  1. The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children
• dismiss, usually for economic reasons
  1. She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized
  Synonym:lay off

双语例句

• Under this scenario, you reduce your "cost" to your employer by agreeing to a salary cut, accepting an unpaid furlough, or switching to a four-day week.
  在这种情况下，通过向你的上司承诺减薪、接受不带薪的假期、改为一周四天上班工作制等来降低你在公司的成本。
• Patrice, home on furlough, lapped warm milk with me in the bar MacMahon.
  回家度假的帕特里克在麦克马洪酒吧跟我一道暖热牛奶。
• That President Palmer granted Charles Logan some kind of furlough.
  帕默尔总统给查尔斯洛根某种临时的特赦。
• This could mean a massive furlough of government workers.
  这可能意味着大量的政府工作人员要暂时下岗。
• One week furlough for all men.
  所有的人都放一周假。
• Then don't try to entice me to overlook my furlough.
  那就别劝我放弃自己的休假了。
• Research on Comprehensive Effect Evaluation of Aircrew's Furlough
  飞行人员健康疗养效果综合评价研究
• Rostov lived as before with Denisov, and the bond of friendship between them had become still closer since their furlough.
  罗斯托夫仍旧和杰尼索夫住在一起，自从这二人休假以来，他们的友谊关系变得更加密切了。
• I have a furlough every three years. The accumulative time-off can be carried over and must be taken before the end of the next April.
  我每三年休假一次。当年累积未休的加班倒休假要求在次年四月底之前休完。
• In the past fifty years, air force health service practice shown that aircrew's furlough at sanatorium played an important role in aircrew's physical relaxation, emotional balance, health promotion and flying time prolonging.
  半个世纪以来，我国飞行人员健康疗养实践证明，健康疗养对消除飞行疲劳、增强体质、提高飞行耐力、延长飞行年限具有重要作用。