lockout
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lock·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 闭厂〔公司在工人接受工作条件前不让其返回工作场所的情况〕 → lock out at lock1
Examples from the Corpus
lockout• 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.lock·out nounChineseSyllable
situation Corpus a when not a to allow go workers does company
lockout
lock‧out /ˈlɒkaʊt $ ˈlɑːk-/
noun [countable]
a situation when a company does not allow workers to go back to work, especially in a factory, until they accept the employers’ conditions
⇨ lock out at lock1
lock‧out /ˈlɒkaʊt $ ˈlɑːk-/
noun [countable]a situation when a company does not allow workers to go back to work, especially in a factory, until they accept the employers’ conditions
⇨ lock out at lock1