英语词汇“down tools”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

down tools

British informal Stop work, especially as a form of industrial action: the union instructed its members to down tools...

Next Tuesday, August 19, will see CIE workers down tools to hold protest marches between peak travel times.
Six pickets and a handful of supporters displayed placards at the 26-acre site's main gate this morning as up to 400 members of union Amicus downed tools for 24 hours in a row over pay.
Britain's dockers last downed tools in 1989 to protest at the abolition of the National Dock Labour scheme, which had given them jobs for life since the post-war period.

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单词	down tools
释义	down tools British informal Stop work, especially as a form of industrial action: the union instructed its members to down tools... Next Tuesday, August 19, will see CIE workers down tools to hold protest marches between peak travel times. Six pickets and a handful of supporters displayed placards at the 26-acre site's main gate this morning as up to 400 members of union Amicus downed tools for 24 hours in a row over pay. Britain's dockers last downed tools in 1989 to protest at the abolition of the National Dock Labour scheme, which had given them jobs for life since the post-war period. See parent entry: down
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