| 单词 | dismiss |
| 释义 | dismiss dismiss // verb [+ obj]
1 (HR ) to officially remove an employee from their job: She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her post. He was dismissed for breach of contract. to be summarily dismissed (= without paying attention to the normal process that should be followed)
2 (Law ) to say that a trial or legal case should not continue, usually because there is not enough evidence: After a five-day hearing the case was dismissed.
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Getting rid of employees
When employees do something wrong
• to dismiss sb - She was dismissed for misuse of company property. • to fire sb (more informal) - We fired him for dishonesty. • to remove sb (used especially about people with important jobs) - He has been removed from the company's board. • to sack sb (BrE; used informally or in newspapers) - The company sacked its chief executive after a series of poor results.
When employees are no longer needed or a company needs to save money
• to make sb redundant (BrE) - More than 100 workers have been made redundant. • to lay sb off - The company has laid off 200 of its employees. • to terminate sb (especially AmE) - They are obliged to compensate terminated employees. • to downsize - Big companies are downsizing and increasing their temporary workforce. • to delayer (= to reduce the number of levels of management) - Restructuring and delayering have meant redundancies for many experienced people. See note at EMPLOY |
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