furlough

無薪假、強制休假美式

The airline put thousands of workers on unpaid furlough last spring.

那家航空公司去年春天讓數千名員工放無薪假。

休假、探親假軍事

He came home on a two-week furlough before shipping out again.

他休了兩週假回家，之後又要出發了。

讓…放無薪假、暫時解僱常用被動

The factory furloughed half its staff until orders picked up.

工廠讓一半的員工放無薪假，直到訂單回升。

准假、放假正式

Soldiers were furloughed for the holidays after months of training.

經過數月訓練後，士兵們獲准放假過節。