furlough
美音:
[´fə:ləu
]英音:
[´fə:ləu
]n.休假,暂时解雇,放假 vt.准假,暂时解雇
难易程度:
furlough为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:furloughed 过去分词:furloughed 现在分词:furloughing 第三人称单数:furloughs
相关词
furlough
/'fɜ:ləʊ; `fɝlo/
n [C, U] (permission for) absence from duty, esp that granted to civil servants, soldiers, etc working abroad 休假(许可)(尤指给予在国外工作的官员、士兵等的)
*six months' furlough 6个月的假期
* going home on furlough 休假回国.
furlough
n [U and C][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Dutch;Origin: verlof
'permission']
a period of time when a soldier or someone working in another country can return to their own country
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leave a young soldier home on furloughAmE a period of time when workers are told not to work, especially because there is not enough money to pay them
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layoff workers forced to take a long, unpaid furloughAmE a short period of time during which a prisoner is allowed to leave prison before returning
Morton stabbed the man while on furlough .>furloughv [T]AmE 280,000 federal workers have been furloughed.