问题
选择题
The story is the same for many urban white-collar workers in China now: they’re putting in overtime to reduce the risk of being .
A．laid down
B．turned off
C．laid off
D．turned down
答案
答案：C
考查短语动词辨析。 lay off解雇。lay down放下，记下，拟定，建造。turn off关掉。turn down拒绝，关小。本句意为：如今中国的许多都市白领也正在加班工作以减少被解雇的可能。