"give the axe" in Chinese (Traditional)

解僱開除

Definition

通常指突然或意外地讓某人失業。非正式語，也可指終止某事。

非正式表達，略帶戲劇性，多用於職場，指被解僱。有時也指突然終止某事。不要與字面意義的「斧頭」混淆。

The company gave the axe to ten employees last week.

公司上週**解僱**了十名員工。

If you are always late, they might give the axe.

如果你總是遲到，他們可能會**解僱你**。

He was surprised when he was given the axe after many years.

工作多年後被**解僱**讓他很驚訝。

After the last round of budget cuts, several programs were given the axe.

在最近一輪預算削減後，幾個項目被**砍掉了**。

Rumor has it that management is about to give the axe to the whole department.

有傳言說管理層要對整個部門**開刀**。

We really need to give the axe to outdated policies in this company.

我們真的需要**廢除**公司裡的舊政策。