| 单词 | stay-away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstay-away stay-away n. (a) one who stays away; (b) an act or process of staying away, esp. from work; also as adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike > other types of strike stay-away1867 sympathetic strike1899 stay-in1915 sympathy strike1937 token strike1947 hiccup strike1950 token stoppage1954 stay-at-home1959 society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [adjective] > relating to strike > other types of strike stay-away1867 stay-in1915 1867 Ch. & St. Rev. 2 Feb. 99 The intolerable dulness of the sermons, and the want of sympathy evinced by the sermonisers with the political aspirations of the stayaways, were the reasons given. 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Sept. 7/2 A ‘stay-away’ strike by hundreds of Allegany county school children continued into its second week today, with parents' support. Students said the ‘stay away’ was a protest against the consolidation program of the Allegany County Board of Education. 1963 Listener 28 Feb. 363/1 The calls for general work-stoppages during recent years have been ‘stay-aways’ directed against political and urban restrictions rather than against employers. 1976 Times 24 Aug. 1/4 Thousands of people in Soweto heeded a call not to go to work... Whether the mass stay-away..reflected widespread support for the strike call is unclear. < as lemmas |
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