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 steel workers came out in sympathy with the miners, ie went on strike to show support for them. It is possible that production will is hold up by industrial action.
  钢铁工人为声援矿工举行了罢工.生产可能因工业行动（罢工，怠工）而停顿。
• Chilean miners, Brazilian car workers, Nigerian oilmen and British railwaymen have all taken industrial action in recent days.
  近来，智利矿工、巴西汽车工人、尼日利亚石油工人和英国铁路工人都罢工了。
• This week alone, as Air France and Philippine Airlines were hit by strikes, talks were being held to try to avert industrial action at Britain's Thomas Cook Airlines.
  单单在这一周里，法国航空公司和菲律宾航空公司就遭遇了罢工，为了防止相同事态扩散到英国的托马斯。库克航空公司，人们对其缄口不言。
• Industrial action may be threatened as a political lever.
  劳工行动可能被认为是政治手段而受到威胁。
• I apologise to all Qantas passengers that have been impacted by the industrial action.
  我向所有受到劳工行动影响的澳洲航空公司乘客表示道歉。
• The Union will ballot members on the possibility of industrial action.
  工会将让成员们投票决定可能采取的劳工行动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。