| 单词 | direct action |
| 释义 | direct action (once / 8955 pages) n WORD FAMILY direct action: direct actions USAGE EXAMPLESHe served in Palestine, Europe and the Far East but saw no direct action against either the Germans or the Japanese. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) From that meeting, a new group emerged devoted to direct action against Trump and Trumpism. Slate(Dec 16, 2016) We need to employ the tactics of the Chicago Teachers Union and engage in direct action such as strikes and walkouts. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) n a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands Hypo|Hyper civil disobedience a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination) job actiona temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistancepeaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate recusancyrefusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England sit-ina form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move protest marchoccasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license go-slowa form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers work to rulea job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace hunger strikea voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest Satyagrahathe form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms strike, work stoppagea group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions dissent, objection, protest the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent |
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