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单词 lockout
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lockoutnoun [ C or U ]

uk/ˈlɒk.aʊt/us/ˈlɑːk.aʊt/usually disapproving

an occasion when an employer prevents workers from entering their place of work until they agree to particular conditions:

The General Strike in 1926 was caused by the lockout of coal miners.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Industrial action

  • abstain
  • blackleg
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • direct action
  • job action
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • lock sb out
  • pay claim
  • picket
  • picket line
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • sympathy
  • walk
  • walk out
  • walkout
  • wildcat strike

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Preventing and impeding

lockoutnoun [ C ]

us/ˈlɑkˌɑʊt/

an action taken by an employer to stop workers from going into their place of work until they agree to particular conditions given by the employer

lockoutnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈlɒkaʊt/usWORKPLACE

an occasion when an employer stops workers from entering the place they work in because of a disagreement about working conditions, pay, etc.:

A contract agreement would end the company's lockout of nearly 500 union garbage haulers.

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