down tools

down tools

美 　英

• na.罢工
• 网络静坐

英汉解释

na.

1. 罢工

英英解释

un.	1. to stop working, especially as a protest

例句

But by the early 1960s the country boy was in his Johannesburg bunker urging all black African workers to down tools for three days.

但在1960年代初，这乡下孩子却陷在约翰内斯堡的困境里，敦促所有黑非洲工人罢工三天。

There is no enshrined right to down tools, as there is in France and Italy.

像法国和意大利一样，英国对罢工并未赋予神圣的权力。

Workers are set to down tools in protest against employer's refusal to budge on wage demands.

由于雇主在工资问题上拒不让步，工人们准备进行罢工。

They go ahead with their plans because they're responsible for protecting us, and the only tools they have are top down tools.

他们之所以开始实行自己的计划，是因为有责任保护我们，而他们拥有的惟一工具是自上而下的专制工具。

As soon as the clock strikes five, they down tools and off they go.

钟一敲五点，他们就撂下工作走人。

Union leaders responded by persuading some 15, 000 employees to down tools on May 14th and 15th.

工会领袖做出回应，动员1万5千名员工在5月14、15两日举行了静坐罢工。

A friend, who had initially been reluctant to participate, decided to down tools and join the throng.

我的一个朋友，开始并不想参与抗议活动，最后也放下手头的工作，加入了罢工者的行列。