[] () a period of time when an organized group of employees of a company stops working because of a disagreement over pay or conditions 罢工◆the oil workers' strike 石油工人罢工◆a 48-hour strike by production workers 生产工人举行的 48 小时罢工◆Half the workers have gone on strike in protest against the pay cuts. 一半工人参加了抗议减薪的罢工。◆(BrE) The workforce threatened to come out on strike. 全体工作人员威胁要罢工。◆Catering staff in the company voted to take strike action. 公司的餐饮人员投票决定采取罢工行动。◆The union called a strike ballot(= a vote for or against a strike) of staff. 工会呼吁进行员工罢工投票。⨁to call (for) / have / hold a strike 呼吁／进行／举行罢工⨁to be (out) / go on strike 出去／参加罢工⨁to call sb out on strike 号召某人出来罢工all-out strike general strike lightning strike official strike sympathetic strike sympathy strike unofficial strike