| 单词 | strike |
| 释义 | strike strike // noun, verb
■ noun [C]
ALL-OUT STRIKE, GENERAL STRIKE, LIGHTNING STRIKE, OFFICIAL STRIKE, SYMPATHETIC STRIKE, SYMPATHY STRIKE, UNOFFICIAL STRIKE
(HR ) a period of time when an organized group of employees of a company stops working because of a disagreement over pay or conditions: the oil workers' strike a 48-hour strike by production workers Half the workers have gone on strike in protest against the pay cuts. ◆ (BrE) The workforce threatened to come out on strike. Catering staff in the company voted to take strike action. The union called a strike ballot (= a vote for or against a strike) of staff.
❖ to call (for)/have/hold a strike ◆ to be (out)/go on strike ◆ to call sb out on strike
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Industrial disputes
• No cars have been produced since the strike started. • Management ordered a lockout, keeping thousands of workers from their jobs. • The walkout by civil servants forced a number of government offices to close. • Workers staged a go-slow/slowdown to protest against the introduction of new technology. • The work-to-rule has included a refusal to work overtime.
■ verb
1 (HR ) [no obj] to refuse to work, as a protest: The union has voted to strike for a pay increase of 6%. Striking workers picketed the factory.
2 [+ obj] to make an agreement with sb: The budget airline has struck a $400 million deal to buy its low-cost rival. She suggests that small companies should strike an agreement with another company to keep backup servers and workstations at each other's offices.
to strike an agreement/a bargain/contract/deal
IDIOMS
strike a balance (between A and B) to manage to find a way of being fair to two opposing things: You need to strike a balance between your work and your personal life.
strike/sound a cautious, optimistic, etc. note/tone; strike/sound a note of caution, optimism, etc. to express feelings or opinions of a particular kind: The report struck a cautious note about prospects for the coming year.
strike gold to find or do sth that brings you a lot of success or money: They struck gold with fat-free ice cream.
HARD adj.
PHRASAL VERBS
strike sb/sth off to remove sb/sth's name from sth, such as the list of members of a professional group: Harries was struck off as a director for ten years after receiving illegal payments.
strike out
1 to start being independent: She decided to strike out on her own and form her own company.
2 (AmE) to fail: The company struck out the first time it tried to manufacture personal computers. |
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