单词 | shock labour |
释义 | > as lemmasshock labour a. As a modifier with the sense ‘characterized by the use of sudden overwhelming force or of severe or exceptional measures’, as in shock cavalry, shock unit, shock warfare. Also: spec. designating the type of arduous or urgent work performed by a shock brigade (shock brigade n. at Compounds 3b), as in shock labour, shock task, shock work, etc. (now historical).See also shock tactics n., shock troop n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [adjective] > who exceeds production quota shock1930 1871 ‘X. & Y.’ Mil. Ess. & Reviews: Pt. III vii. 91 Heavy cavalry, including lancers, are then essentially ‘shock’ cavalry. 1918 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 21 Oct. 5/5 The 32nd Wisconsin and Michigan Division had been picked by Foch for shock warfare. 1929 Advocate of Peace Apr. 228/2 The aspirants are being trained for some special work, or, to use the favorite Bolshevist expression, for a ‘shock task’. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 July 536/4 ‘Cultural work’ is still in effect a kind of propagandist ‘shock work’. 1939 R. Campbell Flowering Rifle v. 124 Through the night each grim, shock-working Stakhanov..Must wrestle with his uncompleted job. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches i. xi. 157 From what I had heard of Soviet ‘shock’ methods a group of Stakhanovites or shock-workers should be able to put any paddle boat in order in an hour or two. 1989 Daily Rep. 9 Jan. 83/2 People have grown accustomed to viewing the Komsomol primarily as a shock workforce. 2004 O. V. Khlevniuk & D. J. Nordlander Hist. Gulag x. 44 Using force or experimenting with ‘worker competition’ and ‘shock labor’..did not provide the required results. 2014 J. A. Sanborn Imperial Apocalypse vi. 207 In May, Kornilov approved the formation of shock units in the Eighth Army. < as lemmas |
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