sack
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sack | |
| he / she / it sacks | |
| past simple sacked | |
| past participle sacked | |
| -ing form sacking |
- sack somebody (especially British English, informal)
to dismiss somebody from a job 解雇；炒鱿鱼 Collocations UnemploymentTopics Social issuesc1Unemployment 失业 Losing your job 失业 - lose your job
失业 - (British English) become/be made redundant
被裁减 - be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
被要求／选择自愿裁退／提前退休 - face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
面临被解职／被裁／强制裁员；受到解职／被裁／强制裁员的威胁 - dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
解雇雇员／工人／经理 - lay off staff/workers/employees
解雇员工／工人／雇员 - (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
缩减人员 - cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
裁减员工 - (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
裁员
Being unemployed 失业；待业；下岗 - be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
失业 - seek/look for work/employment
找工作 - be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
领取失业补助金 - be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
领取失业救济金 - claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
领取失业救济金 - be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
领取／有资格领取失业补偿金 - be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
靠社会保障金过活 - collect/receive (North American English) welfare
领取社会保障金 - combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
防止／解决／减少失业
- lose your job
- sack something
(of an army, etc., especially in the past) to destroy things and steal property in a town or building （尤指旧时军队等）破坏，劫掠 Rome was sacked by the Goths in 410. 罗马在 410 年遭到哥特人的洗劫。 The army rebelled and sacked the palace. 军队造反，洗劫了宫殿。
- sack somebody
(in American football 美式足球 to knock down the quarterback 擒杀（四分卫） The quarterback was sacked on the 45 yard line, and it was first down for the other team. 四分卫在45码线上被解雇了，这对另一队来说是第一次。
Word Originverb sense 1 and verb sense 3 Old English sacc, from Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin. Sense 1 of the verb dates from the mid 19th cent. verb sense 2 mid 16th cent.: from French sac, in the phrase mettre à sac ‘put to sack’, on the model of Italian fare il sacco, mettere a sacco, which perhaps originally referred to filling a sack with plunder.