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furlough

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n.休假,暂时解雇,放假 vt.准假,暂时解雇

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furlough为短语/超纲词汇

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

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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
= leave
 a young soldier home on furlough
AmE a period of time when workers are told not to work, especially because there is not enough money to pay them
layoff
 workers forced to take a long, unpaid furlough
AmE 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.