lockout

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlockoutlock‧out /ˈlɒkaʊt $ ˈlɑːk-/ noun [countable] STOP WORKING/GO ON STRIKEa situation when a company does not allow workers to go back to work, especially in a factory, until they accept the employers’ conditions → lock out1Examples from the Corpuslockout• However, when the unions proved reluctant to make concessions, the employers would have to contemplate the possibility of a lockout.• Seven of the previous eight labour-contract renegotiations have involved either a players' strike or a lockout.• Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lockouts.• Others specialised in local events, such as strikes, lockouts or disasters.• But the lockout, and the ensuing negotiations, produced a fait accompli that could not be undone.• Miller still thinks the lockout is what set him back.• The lockout was lifted months ago, and still the season started late.

单词	lockout
释义	lockout From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlockoutlock‧out /ˈlɒkaʊt $ ˈlɑːk-/ noun [countable] STOP WORKING/GO ON STRIKEa situation when a company does not allow workers to go back to work, especially in a factory, until they accept the employers’ conditions → lock out1Examples from the Corpuslockout• However, when the unions proved reluctant to make concessions, the employers would have to contemplate the possibility of a lockout.• Seven of the previous eight labour-contract renegotiations have involved either a players' strike or a lockout.• Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lockouts.• Others specialised in local events, such as strikes, lockouts or disasters.• But the lockout, and the ensuing negotiations, produced a fait accompli that could not be undone.• Miller still thinks the lockout is what set him back.• The lockout was lifted months ago, and still the season started late.
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