wildcat

adjective
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[only before noun]
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  1. a wildcat strike happens suddenly and without the official support of a trade union(罢工)未经工会同意的,突然自发进行的
    • Agreement was reached after several days of wildcat strikes.经过几天的野猫罢工,双方达成了协议。
    • The aim of the law is to prevent wildcat stoppages.该法律的目的是防止野猫停工。
  2. (of a business or project企业或项目) that has not been carefully planned and that will probably not be successful; that does not follow normal standards and methods(计划不周密而)不稳妥的;不按正常标准的Topics Difficulty and failurec2

wildcat

verb
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[intransitive] (North American English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wildcat
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he / she / it wildcats
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past simple wildcatted
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past participle wildcatted
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-ing form wildcatting
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  1. to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet勘探石油

wildcat

noun
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  1. a type of small wild cat that lives in mountains and forests野猫(生活在山区或森林里)Topics Animalsc1