dismiss

（尤指因做错事）使免职，将...解职

He has been dismissed from his job for incompetence.

他因无法胜任工作而被解职。

axe（美亦作ax）

He has been axed from the team.

他被团队开除了。

lay off

开除；罢免

The factory is going to lay off many workers.

工厂打算裁员。

经典对话

A: Hello, John. Could you come to my office?

你好，约翰，能来一下我的办公室吗？

B: Sure. I'm just coming. Mr green, what can I do for you?

当然，我马上就来格林先生，请问您找我有什么事吗？

A: Have a seat, please. The staff in your department are pretty good. Everyone is working hard, these are all inseparable from your management. 

请坐。你们部门的员工都很努力，每个人都在认真的工作，这些都离不开你的管理。

B: It's nothing. We also need to improve sales performance in every month to create greater value for the company. 

这没什么，我们还需要提高每个月的销售业绩，为公司创造更大的价值。

A: Our business has been going down sharply in the past few months and we have to lay off some staff members. 

我们的业务在过去几个月里急剧下降，我们不得不裁减一些工作人员。

B: Do you mean to cut staff in our department?

你的意思是说在我们部门裁减人员吗？

A: Yes, I'm sorry to tell you the news. Although you have been working very hard, your department's performance is not very good. 

是的，很抱歉告诉你这个消息，虽然你们一直都很努力，但是你们部门的业绩一直不好。

B: I'm among the people who have to go?

我也是其中一员吗？

A: As a sales manager, you have not increased our sales.

作为销售经理，你没有增加我们的销售量。

B: You know, I've always been very conscientious. This job is especially important to me. I was counting on it to feed my family.

你是知道的，我一直都很尽职尽责。这份工作对我来说很重要，我还指望他养活我的家人呢。

A: I'm so sorry, but this is the board's decision, there's nothing I can do.

我真的很抱歉，但这是董事会的决定，我也无能为力。

B:  All right. I try to accept the fact. 

好吧，我尽量接受这个事实。