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Netflix has laid off about 150 staff, just a month after the entertainment giant said it was losing subscribers for the first time in a decade.
The redundancies, announced by the streaming service on Tuesday, will mainly affect its US office in California. They account for about 2% of its North American workforce.
Netflix said the job losses were due to the slump in the company's revenue.
The streaming service is battling an exodus of viewers this year.
▍語言點(diǎn)
1. lay off 裁員,解雇
· 詞義辨析:fire是“由于個(gè)人的問題導(dǎo)致合同終止”;lay off是“公司財(cái)務(wù)資金或者管理問題而裁員多人”
2. for the first time+時(shí)間 表示“多久時(shí)間以來頭一回”
· for the first time in a decade 十年來頭一回
· for the first time in a century 百年以來第一次
3. redundancy /r??d?nd(?)nsi/ n.(因勞動(dòng)力過剩而造成的)裁員,解雇
· Thousands of factory workers are facing redundancy.
數(shù)千名工廠工人面臨裁汰。
· to accept/take voluntary redundancy 接受自愿裁汰
· redundancy payments 裁員補(bǔ)償
4. account for+百分比 表示“占比”
· Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.
電腦占了這個(gè)國家商業(yè)用電的5%。
5. workforce /?w?r?kf??rs/ n. (一個(gè)公司或組織的)全體員工;(某個(gè)國家或某個(gè)地區(qū)的)勞動(dòng)力、勞動(dòng)人口
6. slump /sl?mp/ n. (銷售量、價(jià)格、價(jià)值等的)驟降,猛跌,銳減
· a slump in profits 利潤(rùn)銳減
· the slump in the company’s revenue 公司收入驟減
· slump in sth. 在某方面的驟降
7. battle /?b?t(?)l/ v. 與……作戰(zhàn),和……作斗爭(zhēng)
· We battled the coronavirus for three years.
我們同新冠疫情斗爭(zhēng)了三年。
8. exodus /?eks?d?s/ n. (大批人同時(shí))離開,外出,出去(a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time)
· an exodus of views 大批的觀眾流失
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