furlough英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A leave of absence or vacation.; Especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner. US,countable,uncountable

— And I had a lot of things on my mind and I pretty well forgot my promise to Mama until I got shipped home on a special furlough for her funeral.
A leave of absence or vacation.; Especially one granted to a missionary. UK,countable,uncountable
The documents authorizing such leave. countable,uncountable
A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs. countable,uncountable

— The state estimates the one-day-a-month furlough spread over the 18 months of the plan would amount to a 5 percent cut in pay.

动词 v.

To grant a furlough to (someone). transitive
To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough. transitive

— This implies, for example, that firms should not revise their estimated production capacity downwards when furloughing workers, but should do so after laying off staff permanently.

词形变化

furloughs plural furloughs present,singular,third-person furloughing participle,present furloughed participle,past furloughed past

词汇关系

衍生词

prefurlough furlougher unfurloughed

词源

词源 1

From Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”) (possibly via German Verlaub), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”), from Old Saxon far- + lōvian (“to trust, believe”). From Middle Low German also German Verlaub, Danish forlov. Doublet of leave.

词源 2

From Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”) (possibly via German Verlaub), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”), from Old Saxon far- + lōvian (“to trust, believe”). From Middle Low German also German Verlaub, Danish forlov. Doublet of leave.