fire
单词辨析：
指正式解除某人的职务，常可与 fire，sack 换用。
That teacher was dismissed/fired/sacked secretly.
那名教师被秘密开除了。
Employees can be dismissed/fired/sacked for playing computer games at work.
员工上班时间玩电脑游戏会遭到解雇。
指突然解除某人的职务。
The company announced Thursday their plan to axe 180 employees.
该公司周四宣布计划裁员180人。
Vera has been axed from the team.
薇拉已被开除出队。
指强行解除某人的职务，常可与 sack 换用。
He has just been fired/sacked for being late.
他刚刚因为迟到被解雇。
The company fired/sacked him and he didn't know what to do.
公司把他开除了，他不知该怎么办。
指因为没有工作可做而解雇员工。
The chain store laid off 500 workers in October.
这家连锁店10月份裁员500人。
Millions of workers were laid off during the economic crisis.
经济危机期间，数百万工人被解雇。
指免除某人的职务，尤指罢免身居要职者。
The committee removed the corrupt official.
委员会罢免了那名腐败的官员。
Congress has the right to remove the President from office.
国会有权罢黜总统。
解除某人的职务。
He was sacked from the job, although he did nothing wrong.
他没做错事却被解雇了。
Dad was sacked for being drunk.
爸爸因为喝醉酒而遭到解雇。
相关例句：
The only way they can deal with crime is to fight fire with fire.
他们打击犯罪的唯一方法就是以牙还牙。
There was a fire in the grate
壁炉内燃着火。
The captain radioed that the ship was on fire.
船长发无线电说船着火了。
They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky
他们看见一道强光和一个巨大的火球冲向数百英尺的高空。
The engines were fired with coal and needed water to keep the steam up.
这些发动机烧煤，并且需要加水以不断产生蒸汽。
Seven people were wounded when soldiers fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds
士兵发射橡皮子弹驱散人群时有7个人受了伤。