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单词 lock out
释义
lock out
1. phrasal verb B2
If someone locks you out of a place, they prevent you entering it by locking the doors.
They had had a row, and she had locked him out of the apartment. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of]
My husband's locked me out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb B2
If you lock yourself out of a place, such as your house, you cannot get in because the door is locked and you do not have your keys.
The new tenants locked themselves out of their apartment and had to break in. [V pron-refl P + of]
There had been a knock at the door and when she opened it she locked herself out. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PARTICLE]
The wind had made the door swing closed, and she was now locked out. [VERB-ed PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
In an industrial dispute, if a company locks its workers out, it closes the factory or office in order to prevent the employees coming to work. [business]
The company locked out the workers, and then the rest of the work force went on strike. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
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lock-out
Word forms: lock-outs regional note:   in AM, use lockout
countable noun
A lock-out is a situation in which employers close a place of work and prevent workers from entering it until the workers accept the employer's new proposals on pay or conditions of work. [business]
Translations:
Chinese: 关在外面
Japanese: 締め出す
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