[] () 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 Industrial disputes <chn/>No cars have been produced since the strike started. 罢工开始以来一辆汽车都没有生产。Management ordered a lockout, keeping thousands of workers from their jobs. 管理层宣布停工，使数千工人不能工作。The walkout by civil servants forced a number of government offices to close. 公务员罢工使许多政府部门被迫停止办公。Workers staged a go-slow/slowdown to protest against the introduction of new technology. 工人发起怠工以抗议引进新技术。The work-to-rule has included a refusal to work overtime. 照章工作包括拒绝加班。