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furlough

verb
🔊/ˈfɜːləʊ/
🔊/ˈfɜːrləʊ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they furlough
🔊/ˈfɜːləʊ/
🔊/ˈfɜːrləʊ/
he / she / it furloughs
🔊/ˈfɜːləʊz/
🔊/ˈfɜːrləʊz/
past simple furloughed
🔊/ˈfɜːləʊd/
🔊/ˈfɜːrləʊd/
past participle furloughed
🔊/ˈfɜːləʊd/
🔊/ˈfɜːrləʊd/
-ing form furloughing
🔊/ˈfɜːləʊɪŋ/
🔊/ˈfɜːrləʊɪŋ/
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  1. furlough somebody to give somebody permission to leave their duties for a period of time, especially soldiers working in a foreign country （尤指在国外服役士兵的）休假（许可）
  2. furlough somebody (North American English) to give a prisoner permission to leave a prison for a period of time（犯人的）准假
  3. furlough somebody (North American English) to tell workers not to come to work for a period of time, usually because there is not enough money to pay them
（通常因发不出工资而给的）准假

furlough

noun
🔊/ˈfɜːləʊ/
🔊/ˈfɜːrləʊ/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. permission to leave your duties for a period of time, especially for soldiers working in a foreign country（尤指在国外服役士兵的）休假（许可）
    • The plane was full of soldiers going home on furlough.飞机上满是休假的士兵。
    • a six-week furlough6周的假期
  2. (North American English) permission for a prisoner to leave prison for a period of time（犯人的）准假
    • He was released on a weekend furlough.他在周末休假时被释放。
    • The prisoner failed to return from a furlough.囚犯未能从休假返回。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  3. (North American English) a period of time during which workers are told not to come to work, usually because there is not enough money to pay them（通常因发不出工资而给的）准假
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Dutch verlof, modelled on German Verlaub, of West Germanic origin and related to leave (noun).