lay off
phrasal verblay off | lay off somebody/something
- (informal) used to tell somebody to stop doing something
（让人停止做某事）停止，别再打扰 - Lay off me will you—it's nothing to do with me.
别找我好不好，这事与我无关。 - lay off doing something Lay off bullying Jack.
别再欺负杰克。
- Lay off me will you—it's nothing to do with me.
lay off something
- (informal) to stop using something
停止使用 - I think you'd better lay off fatty foods for a while.
我认为你最好暂时别吃油腻的食物。
- I think you'd better lay off fatty foods for a while.
lay somebody off
- to stop employing somebody because there is not enough work for them to do
（因工作不多而）解雇 - 200 workers at the factory have been laid off.
工厂里已有200个工人下岗。
- 200 workers at the factory have been laid off.