今天我们要学的词是 lay off.

lay off 有停止骚扰的意思。 

Lay off 最常见的意思是遣散员工。Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX laid off about 10 percent of the company's more than 6,000 employees at the beginning of this year. 马斯克的火箭发射公司SpaceX今年年初裁员，将6000多名员工人数减少大约10%。