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词汇 general strike
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Definition of general strike in English:

general strike

noun
  • 1A strike of workers in all or most industries.

    总罢工

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The general strike was the biggest industrial action in over a decade.
    • In recent years there have not only been successive one-day general strikes, but strikes and occupations against redundancies and factory closures.
    • The protests followed a general strike organised by the General Labour Confederation against rising fuel prices.
    • For example, in France in 1968 the student movement fed into a general strike of ten million workers.
    • This was achieved by 18 months of demonstrations and strikes, and a general strike led by the oil workers.
    • The stoppage was the second major general strike to be held recently to protest the changes.
    • A general strike of workers saw militant pickets defy the law and shut down major industrial and transport centres.
    • They believed that the power of workers mobilised in a general strike could overthrow capitalism.
    • As a result, a new wave of roadblocks reached massive proportions, this time accompanied by two national general strikes organised by the trade unions.
    • But the strike due to start this week was much bigger, a real general strike - including oil workers.
    • Strikes and flying pickets, mostly entirely unofficial, led to general strikes, defied the law, got dockers out of jail, put out the lights and brought down governments.
    • Across Europe, South America and parts of Africa and Asia, workers launched general strikes to protest against privatisation, low pay, attacks on their rights and the overwhelming sense that the system does not deliver what it promises.
    • Across most of Europe trade unions have organised mass strikes and general strikes to stop the sort of assaults that are happening now in Britain.
    • On the second day of his arrival in Kashmir there was a general strike in protest against his visit.
    • Over 300,000 workers in Bombay held a general strike in solidarity with the sailors.
    • Trade union leaders in Norway have called off a general strike directed against growing inequality.
    • Trade unions declared a general strike against a call-up to fight a colonial war in Morocco.
    • Between 1949 and 1955, there were worker protests in all the territories of East Africa with general strikes, peasant uprisings, and other forms of protest.
    • The key question is whether it will manage to organise mass protests and a general strike.
    • Opposition parties staged an increasing number of nationwide general strikes, rising from 6 days of general strikes in 1997 to 27 days in 1999.
    1. 1.1 The strike of May 1926 in the UK, called by the Trades Union Congress in support of the mineworkers.
      (1926年英国工会联盟为支持矿工发起的)英国总罢工

Definition of general strike in US English:

general strike

nounˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl straɪkˈjen(ə)rəl strīk
  • A strike of workers in all or most industries.

    总罢工

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A general strike of workers saw militant pickets defy the law and shut down major industrial and transport centres.
    • In recent years there have not only been successive one-day general strikes, but strikes and occupations against redundancies and factory closures.
    • On the second day of his arrival in Kashmir there was a general strike in protest against his visit.
    • Trade unions declared a general strike against a call-up to fight a colonial war in Morocco.
    • For example, in France in 1968 the student movement fed into a general strike of ten million workers.
    • They believed that the power of workers mobilised in a general strike could overthrow capitalism.
    • Opposition parties staged an increasing number of nationwide general strikes, rising from 6 days of general strikes in 1997 to 27 days in 1999.
    • The key question is whether it will manage to organise mass protests and a general strike.
    • Strikes and flying pickets, mostly entirely unofficial, led to general strikes, defied the law, got dockers out of jail, put out the lights and brought down governments.
    • But the strike due to start this week was much bigger, a real general strike - including oil workers.
    • Trade union leaders in Norway have called off a general strike directed against growing inequality.
    • The stoppage was the second major general strike to be held recently to protest the changes.
    • Across most of Europe trade unions have organised mass strikes and general strikes to stop the sort of assaults that are happening now in Britain.
    • The general strike was the biggest industrial action in over a decade.
    • The protests followed a general strike organised by the General Labour Confederation against rising fuel prices.
    • Across Europe, South America and parts of Africa and Asia, workers launched general strikes to protest against privatisation, low pay, attacks on their rights and the overwhelming sense that the system does not deliver what it promises.
    • As a result, a new wave of roadblocks reached massive proportions, this time accompanied by two national general strikes organised by the trade unions.
    • Between 1949 and 1955, there were worker protests in all the territories of East Africa with general strikes, peasant uprisings, and other forms of protest.
    • This was achieved by 18 months of demonstrations and strikes, and a general strike led by the oil workers.
    • Over 300,000 workers in Bombay held a general strike in solidarity with the sailors.
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