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industrial action

noun
🔊/ɪnˌdʌstriəl ˈækʃn/
🔊/ɪnˌdʌstriəl ˈækʃn/
 [uncountable] (especially British English)
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  1. action that workers take, especially stopping work, to protest to their employers about something劳工行动；（尤指）罢工，怠工
    • Industrial action by train drivers seriously affected rush-hour services.火车司机的工业行动严重影响了高峰时间服务。
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    • The union is considering stepping up its industrial action.工会在考虑加大劳工行动的力度。
    • to take industrial action over pay因为报酬问题而罢工
    • The union is threatening industrial action against the company.工会扬言将对公司采取劳工行动。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • continuing
    • unlawful
    verb + industrial action
    • take
    • threaten
    • call for
    • …
    preposition
    • industrial action  against
    • industrial action  by
    • industrial action  in support of
    • …
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