| 释义 |
go-slow|gəʊˈsləʊ|
[f. go v. + slow adv.]
A form of industrial protest in which employees work at a deliberately slow pace. Also attrib. Hence go-ˈslower, one who works in this manner. Cf. ca'canny.
1930Times 27 Mar. 19/5 The receipts..showed large decreases..due to the recent ‘go-slow’ movement amongst the men. 1937Daily Herald 11 Feb. 3/1 Drivers on the Morden-Edgware tube and the Bakerloo line had been adopting a ‘go-slow’ policy, because it is alleged, they resented being reprimanded by inspectors for speeding on bends. 1955Times 12 Aug. 8/4 The men's representatives undertook that there would be no further ‘go slows’ or stoppages and that every man would work his full shift. 1963Listener 10 Jan. 76/1 A ‘go slow’ at power stations. 1963Times 12 Jan. 9/5, I would ask potential strikers or ‘go-slowers’ not to add to the hardship of old people, for whom each winter is a recurring agony. |