[] () () a period when an employee, especially a senior person, who is going to leave a company is not allowed to work but is sent home on full pay, so that they will not be able to compete with the company or pass important information to a competitor 园艺假（尤指高级雇员辞职後继续受薪但不用上班，不可开始新工作的一段时期）◆She has been put on gardening leave until the end of her contract. 她被安排去度园艺假直至合同到期。