English Dictionary

furlough

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɜː(ɹ).ləʊ/

名詞

アメリカ英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞 イギリス英語

(US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner. / (Britain) especially one granted to a missionary. / The documents authorizing such leave.

日本語の意味

（米国において）軍人または囚人に与えられる休暇、または仮放免 / （英国において）宣教師に与えられる休暇 / その休暇を認めるための文書

After six months on continuous deployment, he was finally granted a two-week furlough to visit his family.

6か月間の連続派遣の後、彼はついに家族に会うための2週間の休暇が与えられた。

意味（1）

(US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.

And I had a lot of things on my mind and I pretty well forgot my promise to Mama until I got shipped home on a special furlough for her funeral.

意味（2）

(Britain) especially one granted to a missionary.

意味（3）

The documents authorizing such leave.

意味（4）

A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.

The state estimates the one-day-a-month furlough spread over the 18 months of the plan would amount to a 5 percent cut in pay.

furloughs （ plural ）