industrial action

英 [ɪnˌdʌstriəl ˈækʃn]

美 [ɪnˌdʌstriəl ˈækʃn]

n.  劳工行动; (尤指)罢工，怠工

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牛津词典

noun

• 劳工行动；（尤指）罢工，怠工
  action that workers take, especially stopping work, to protest to their employers about sth

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 劳工行动(如怠工、罢工等)
  If workers takeindustrial action, they join together and do something to show that they are unhappy with their pay or working conditions, for example refusing to work.
  1. Prison officers have decided to take industrial action.
     狱警们已决定举行罢工。

双语例句

• The company confirmed that the industrial action had disrupted operations at car assembly plants in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and Wuhan in central China.
  该公司证实，这一劳工行动打乱了本田在广东省会广州和华中武汉的整车装配厂的运营。
• Manufacturers favor the country for its low wage costs, but industrial action is frequent.
  制造商看重了柬埔寨的低薪资成本，但该国劳工行动频发。
• Doctors are willing to take some form of industrial action
  医生们愿意采取某种形式的劳工行动。
• It is possible that production will is hold up by industrial action. a gathering of producers to promote business.
  生产可能因工业行动（罢工，怠工）而停顿。生产者为扩大业务而聚在举行的会议。
• In Europe, ports have already suffered some problems this year after bad weather and industrial action at Rotterdam, the continent's busiest port, caused severe hold-ups.
  在欧洲，那里的港口今年已经遭遇到了一些麻烦，恶劣的天气和欧洲最繁忙港口鹿特丹的罢工事件，导致港口出现严重的停工问题。
• The industrial action came just days after Toyota, which has a 23 per cent stake in Denso, resolved two supplier strikes in the northern port city of Tianjin.
  在这场罢工发生之前数日，拥有电装（广州南沙）有限公司23%股份的丰田刚刚解决了北方港口城市天津的两家供应商的罢工问题。
• Another union has voted for industrial action in support of a pay claim
  另一个工会已经投票赞成采取要求加薪的劳工行动。
• One million man-hours were lost through industrial action.
  在工人罢工期间损失了100万工时。
• In ordering an end to industrial action at Qantas, the tribunal told the airline and the unions they had 21 days to negotiate a settlement before facing binding arbitration.
  法庭在结束澳洲航空公司劳工行动的同时，要求该公司和工会在21天内谈判达成和解，否则将面对具有约束力的仲裁。
• Industrial action is the only recourse we have.
  我们唯一可凭借的力量是劳工行动。