[1]As the company's business is in the doldrums (低迷)due to the current economic recession, , we have to lay off staff. 裁员[2]As the company's business is in the doldrums (低迷)due to the current economic recession, , we have to cut jobs. 裁员[3]... cut staff 裁员.例句:[a] BlackBerry Ltd has laid off about 250 of its employees at its headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, as part of its latest move to trim costs, the smartphone maker said on Thursday.[b]TCS Finland to lay-off 290 employees in attempt to shift jobs to India[c] Standard Chartered has cut about 2,000 jobs across the bank in the past year and expects little change in the rest of 2013, marking the first time for many years it has cut staff as it tightens costs in the face of slowing growth.