词组 | strike |
释义 | strike /straɪk/ noun 1. a period of time when a group of workers deliberately stop working because of a disagreement about pay, working conditions etcadjectives/nouns + strikea national/nationwide strike (=all over the country) In April 1984 the National Union of Mineworkers called a national strike.a general strike (=when workers from most industries strike) The workers threatened to call for a general strike.a one-day/two-week etc strike A three-day strike is planned for next week.teachers’/pilots’/miners’ etc strike (=by teachers, pilots etc) The transport workers’ strike inflicted serious damage on the economy.a rail strike (=by railway workers) A rail strike would cause enormous public inconvenience.a long strike Most teachers wouldn’t be in favour of a long strike.an indefinite strike (=with no end planned) Workers at the processing plant have begun an indefinite strike.an all-out strike BrE (=when all the workers in a factory, industry etc strike) The dockers voted for an all-out strike.an unofficial strike (=not organized by a trade union) Some workers had been sacked for taking part in unofficial strikes.a wildcat strike (=unofficial and without any warning) Legislation to curb wildcat strikes will be introduced during the coming parliamentary session.a bitter strike (=with angry feelings between workers and managers) The miners finally returned to work at the end of a long, bitter strike.a damaging/crippling strike (=having a bad effect on an industry) The company now faces the prospect of a crippling strike.verbsbe (out) on strike Teachers are on strike again this week.go on strike/come out on strike (=start a strike) An estimated 70,000 public sector workers went on strike. Don’t say go on a strike. Say go on strike.begin a strike Dock workers began a 24-hour strike last night.call a strike (=ask people to strike) The union threatened to call a strike.stage a strike (=organize a short strike) Health workers will stage a two-day strike next week.end/call off a strike (=decide not to continue with it) The strike was called off two days later.break a strike (=force workers to end it) Attempts to break the strike failed.avoid/avert a strike (=prevent it from happening) Managers are in talks with the union in an attempt to avert a strike.strike + nounsstrike action (=a strike) Hospital workers have voted in favour of strike action.a strike call (=when a group asks people to strike) The ANC estimated that more than 4,000,000 people heeded its strike call.a strike ballot BrE (=when workers vote on whether to strike) The union is going to hold a strike ballot.prepositionsa strike over sth A two-week strike over pay has ended.a strike against sth Prison workers went on a one-day strike against the privatisation of prisons.a strike by sb The strike by teachers meant that many schools were closed yesterday.THESAURUS: strike industrial action BrE activities such as strikes, or doing less work than usual, as a way of trying to persuade an employer to improve pay, conditions etc: Lecturers voted to take industrial action over their workload. | Prison officers have threatened industrial action. stoppage BrE work stoppage AmE a short strike, especially one that lasts for one day: Customs officers will return to work today after a twenty-four hour stoppage. go-slow BrE a period of time when a group of workers deliberately work more slowly than usual as a way of protesting about pay, conditions etc: The union went on a go-slow in support of their wage claim. | The hospital go-slow comes into effect tomorrow (=it starts then).2. a military attack, especially by planes dropping bombsverbslaunch a strike Britain and the US launched air strikes against Iraq.adjectives/nouns + strikean air strike The building had been destroyed in an air strike.a military strike An Israeli official refused to rule out a military strike.a missile strike Eighty people were killed in a missile strike against the town.a pre-emptive strike (=done to prevent someone attacking you) Their only chance of victory was to launch a pre-emptive strike against the US.a retaliatory strike (=done because someone has attacked you) There are fears that the attack could trigger retaliatory strikes.prepositionsa strike against/on sth The aircraft were used to launch a strike against Dutch Harbor. |
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