| 释义 |
sickout, sick-out orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈsɪkaʊt|
[f. sick a. + out adv., on the analogy of ‘walk-out’.]
= sick-in. Also attrib.
1970Wall St. Jrnl. 13 Apr. 1/3 The air controllers' ‘sickout’ is showing ‘continuing improvement’, the Government reported yesterday. On Saturday a Federal district judge ordered leaders of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization to tell their members to go back to work or produce medical certificates of illness. 1974Trinidad Guardian (Port-of-Spain) 16 Oct. 4/1 (Advt.), After all these strikes, sickouts, go-slows, and not a penny increase yet, now these merciless taxis up by 25% plus. 1977N.Y. Post 18 June 1 The Yonkers police sickout crisis. 1978Telegraph (Brisbane) 30 Oct. 12/1 Flights worldwide were delayed by a ‘sick-out’ of [Pan-American] flight attendants who had voted against a strike at the weekend. |