▍原文 Microsoft has offered a buyout plan to about 60,000 employees, or over a quarter of its total workforce. This offer would grant workers the ability to leave with severance pay, with the goal of encouraging some employees to voluntarily quit the company. The buyout plan comes at a time when Microsoft has been facing exponential expense growth due to its increased investments in AI and its goal to triple its current data center capacity. ▍語言點 1. buyout plan 買斷方案 · buy someone out 付錢給某人，買斷其股份、權益、合同或職位，使其退出 · 辨析：layoff表示公司單方面要求員工離職，強制裁員；buyout plan表示公司出錢“買斷”員工的職位，給員工一筆錢，讓員工選擇是否離開。 2. workforce /ˈwɜːkfɔːs/ n. 全體員工 3. grant somebody something 給予某人某物（比give更正式，多指上級賦予下級權利） · grant somebody a scholarship 授予某人獎學金 · grant somebody permission to do something 批準某人做某事 4. severance pay 遣散費，離職補償 · sever v. 分離，斷絕關系 5....