英语词汇“down-tools”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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down-tools

down-tools adj. of or relating to a strike; designating strike action.

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1910 Times 20 Sept. 10/3 These sectional meetings were held this morning, and in each case they reversed the ‘down tools’ resolution adopted at Sunday's mass meeting.

1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down i. v. 51 ‘We'd rather you settled amicably, if that's what you mean,’ said Railton. ‘A down-tools policy won't win much bread and butter.’

1969 Listener 1 May 614/1 The employer should not be able to impose sudden arbitrary action on the workers, the only remedy for which may be a down-tools strike.

1999 D. Howell Respectable Radicals (2016) 396 The subsequent development of formal bargaining structures was a response to this ‘Down Tools’ strategy.

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单词	down-tools
释义	> as lemmas down-tools down-tools adj. of or relating to a strike; designating strike action. ΚΠ 1910 Times 20 Sept. 10/3 These sectional meetings were held this morning, and in each case they reversed the ‘down tools’ resolution adopted at Sunday's mass meeting. 1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down i. v. 51 ‘We'd rather you settled amicably, if that's what you mean,’ said Railton. ‘A down-tools policy won't win much bread and butter.’ 1969 Listener 1 May 614/1 The employer should not be able to impose sudden arbitrary action on the workers, the only remedy for which may be a down-tools strike. 1999 D. Howell Respectable Radicals (2016) 396 The subsequent development of formal bargaining structures was a response to this ‘Down Tools’ strategy. extracted from downv.¹ < as lemmas
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