| 单词 |
work-in |
| 释义 |
work-in|ˈwɜːkɪn| [f. work v. + -in3.] A form of protest, usu. against threatened closure of a factory, etc., in which workers occupy the work-place and continue working. Also transf.
1968Punch 6 Mar. 327/1 Student protest reached an all-time high with Leicester University's plan to stage a ‘24-hour work-in’. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Nov. 1469/1 The series of work-ins or sit-ins in the past two or three years in which workers have occupied factories in pursuit of wage claims or as a refusal to accept redundancy notices. 1976[see sit-in n. 1]. 1983Daily Tel. 23 June 19/3 A judge strongly attacked the police for staging a dawn raid to break up the work-in. |

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