[] (usually used in newspapers) a situation where a company removes lots of employees from their jobs because of serious financial problems（通常用于报章）血腥解雇（公司因严重财政问题而大量裁减雇员）◆In the first round of bloodletting, 17 000 will lose their jobs.在第一轮的血腥解雇中，17 000 人将失业。(usually used in newspapers) a situation where the prices of shares on the stock exchange decrease by a large amount（通常用于报章）狂跌◆The bloodletting on Wall Street continues as investors rush to sell their stocks.由于投资者急于抛售自己的股票，华尔街股票价格继续狂跌。