pink slip
pink slip — 名詞
1. A written notice from a company that tells a worker their job has ended or will
解僱通知
僱主給員工的解僱書面文件
A written notice from a company that tells a worker their job has ended or will end soon.
Lakshmi found a pink slip in her envelope and realized she had been let go.
Lakshmi 在薪資袋裡發現一張解僱通知，才知道自己被解僱了。
collocation: find + a pink slip; informal register
The manager handed Hiro a pink slip after the company's budget cuts were announced.
在公司宣布預算削減後，主管遞給 Hiro 一份解僱通知。
give + someone + a pink slip
Dozens of factory workers received pink slips when the plant closed down.
工廠關閉時，數十名工人收到了解僱通知。
Jabari kept the pink slip as a reminder of the day he lost his job.
Jabari 保留那張解僱通知，提醒自己失去工作的那一天。
- termination notice
more formal; used in official HR language
- dismissal letter
slightly more formal; emphasizes the written format
- layoff notice
specifically for group dismissals due to business changes
- employment contract
the document that begins a job, not ends it
- job offer letter
a letter inviting someone to start work
文法句型
receive + a pink slip
give + someone + a pink slip
用法筆記
Often appears with the verbs 'give,' 'hand,' 'receive,' or 'get.' The term refers to a literal document — not just the idea of being fired.
常見錯誤
pink slip — 動詞
- pink slippresent simple I / you / we / they
- pinks slip3rd person singular
- pinking slip-ing form
- pinked slippast simple
1. To end a worker's employment with a business, usually because the company no lon
開除
終止僱員的工作
To end a worker's employment with a business, usually because the company no longer needs them or cannot afford them.
The company pink-slipped three hundred employees after the merger fell through.
那家公司在合併案破局後開除了三百名員工。
transitive: pink-slip + [number] + employees
Talia worried that her department would be pink-slipped next quarter.
Talia 擔心她的部門下一季會被開除。
passive: be pink-slipped
Noor was pink-slipped after working at the store for only two months.
Noor 在那家店工作僅兩個月就被開除了。
The startup pink-slipped half its team when the investors pulled their funding.
那間新創公司在投資人撤資後開除了一半的團隊。
文法句型
pink-slip + someone
be pink-slipped
用法筆記
The past tense is spelled with a hyphen: 'pink-slipped.' This verb is informal and most common in American English. The passive form ('was pink-slipped') is used more often than the active form.
常見錯誤
pink slip — 慣用語
1. The event or situation in which a person is told by their employer that they no
遭解僱
被僱主終止工作的情況
The event or situation in which a person is told by their employer that they no longer have a job.
The threat of a pink slip hung over every worker during the restructuring.
公司改組期間，遭到解僱的陰影籠罩著每一位員工。
idiomatic use: the threat of a pink slip
Lara knew that a pink slip was a real possibility after missing three deadlines.
Lara 知道錯過三次截止日期後，被解僱的可能性很大。
After ten years of loyal service, Iris never expected to receive a pink slip.
服務十年後，Iris 從來沒想過自己會收到解僱通知。
The union negotiated better severance pay for anyone who got a pink slip.
工會為所有遭到解僱的員工爭取到了更好的資遣費。
Ari's friends were shocked when they heard he had received a pink slip.
Ari 的朋友們聽到他被解僱的消息時都很震驚。
- dismissal
more formal; refers to the act itself
- termination
formal HR term for ending employment
- walking papers
informal American idiom; same meaning
- employment
the state of having a job
文法句型
get + a pink slip
receive + a pink slip
a pink slip
用法筆記
This is the idiomatic sense of the noun phrase as a concept. Unlike the noun sense ('pink slip' as a physical document), this sense refers to the event or condition of being dismissed. Distinguish from noun/1, which refers to the paper notice itself.