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

• Are you prepared to take industrial action?
  你们愿意采取劳工行动吗？
• However, the workers demanded to be paid more under both scenarios and organised their own industrial action, after they complained that the official All China Federation of Trade Unions had failed to protect their interests.
  然而工人们要求提高薪酬和离职补偿，并组织起了自己的劳工行动，此前他们曾抱怨中华全国总工会（AllChinaFederationofTradeUnions）不能保护自己的权益。
• While not actively involved in the strike, he is supportive of his older colleagues 'industrial action.
  尽管他没有积极参与罢工，但他对年长同事的劳工行动表示支持。
• Today emergency management is still assessing the damage One million man-hours were lost through industrial action.
  今天突发时间处理组还在统计损失在工人罢工期间损失了100万工时。
• There should be a seven-day cooling-off period between a strike ballot and industrial action.
  在举行罢工投票表决和采取劳工行动之间应当有7天的冷静期。
• 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。
• Thousands of Eurostar passengers have had to change their travel plans because of industrial action on Belgium's rail network.
  因比利时铁路系统工人举行罢工，数千欧洲之星列车乘客被迫改变出行计划。
• Production will probably be hold up by industrial action.
  生产可能会受到工业行动的阻碍。
• Industrial action is the only recourse we have.
  我们唯一可凭借的力量是劳工行动。
• Unions are required to give seven days 'notice of industrial action
  工会组织劳工行动应提前7天作出声明。