Betekenis van strike In het Nederlands

• 0 to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:

  • Democratization has brought workers the right to strike and join a trade union.

  • We're striking for better pay and improved safety standards.

• 1 to cause a person or place to suffer severely from the effects of something very unpleasant that happens suddenly:

  • I have a life insurance policy that will take care of my family if disaster strikes.

  • The disease has struck the whole community, sometimes wiping out whole families.

  • They predict that a large earthquake will strike the west coast before the end of the decade.

• 2 to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently:

  • Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle.

  • The police have warned the public that the killer could strike again.

  • The autopsy revealed that his murderer had struck him on the head with an iron bar.

  • Have you ever been struck by lightning?

  • My golf was terrible today - I just didn't strike the ball well.

  • Beckham struck the ball with precision.

  • The clock was striking ten as we went into the church.

  • Midnight had just struck when I went upstairs to bed.

  • She struck a match and lit another cigarette.

  • He bent and struck a match on the sole of his boot.

• 3 to remove something officially from a document:

  • Please strike my name from your mailing list immediately.

  • Several unreliable dealers have been struck off our list of authorized suppliers.

• 4 to discover a supply of oil, gas, or gold underground:

  • The first person to strike oil in the US was Edwin Laurentine Drake.

• 5 to reach or make an agreement:

  • Do you think the government should try to strike a deal with the terrorists?

• 6 to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something:

  • Doesn't it strike you as odd that he never talks about his family?

  • I was immediately struck by the similarities between the two murders.

  • So how does my proposition strike you? (= What do you think of it?)

  • [ + (that) ] It strikes me (that) you'd be better off working for someone else.

  • [ + that ] It's just struck me that I still owe you for the concert tickets.

  • Sitting at her desk, she was struck by the thought that there had to be something more to life.

• 7 to move your body into a particular position:

  • She may be 67, but she can still strike a sexy pose.

  • Bainbridge struck the pose of a fearless sea captain.

• 8 to make a metal disc-shaped object such as a coin with a machine that quickly presses a picture into a piece of metal:

  • When was the first pound coin struck?

  • A special medal has been struck to celebrate the end of the war.

• 9 to take down a tent or a number of tents:

  • When the troops had exhausted food and firewood, they struck their tents and moved on.

  • We struck camp next day and set off down the mountain.

• 10 a period of time when workers refuse to work because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:

  • After last year's long and bitter strike, few people want more industrial action.

  • They had to play three games with replacement players after the NFL Players Association called a strike.

  • Some miners were calling for a nationwide strike.

  • They have voted to stage lightning (= sudden and short) strikes in pursuit of their demands.

  • We've voted to stage a series of one-day strikes.

  • A wave of strikes swept the country.

  • Union leaders threatened strike action over the changes.

  • The result of the strike ballot will be known tomorrow morning.

  • The city's bus drivers have been on strike for three weeks.

  • All 2,500 employees went on strike in protest at the decision to close the factory.

• 11 a sudden and powerful hit or attack:

  • Lightning conductors protect buildings and tall structures from lightning strikes.

  • Garner scored with a 30 -yard strike in the 89th minute.

  • The United Nations has authorized the use of air strikes.

  • The violence is unlikely to stop without military strikes against terrorist bases.

  • Would you support a nuclear strike to bring an end to a war?

  • We have no intention of launching a pre-emptive strike, but we will retaliate if provoked.

• 12 the discovery underground of a valuable substance:

  • The population and settlement of Colorado expanded after the gold strike of 1858.

• 13 (in baseball) a ball that has been thrown by the pitcher and not been hit successfully when it should have been:

  • A batter is out after three strikes.

  • California's "three strikes and you're out" bill means that from now on criminals found guilty of three crimes are jailed for life.

  • One strike against him as a candidate is his perceived lack of charisma.

• 14 to hit or physically attack someone or something:

  • [ T ] A car struck the man trying to cross a major highway.

  • [ T ] She was struck in the back of the head by a ball that was thrown across the field.

• 15 to bring sudden harm, damage, or injury to a person or thing:

  • [ T ] It was a disease that struck mainly young people.

  • [ I ] Many public health officials fear that a similar flu virus will one day strike again.

  • [ T ] He was stricken with polio at the age of 13 and lost the use of his legs.

• 16 to refuse to continue working because workers or their labor union (= employees’ organization) cannot come to an agreement with an employer over pay or other conditions of the job:

  • [ I ] Flight attendants are threatening to strike to get more flexible schedules.

• 17 to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something:

  • From what you’ve said, it strikes me that you would be better off working for someone else.

  • I was struck by her sincerity.

  • I was immediately struck by the similarities in their appearance.

• 18 to discover something such as oil, gas, gold, etc., underground at a particular place:

  • to strike gold/oil

• 19 to agree to or achieve a solution:

  • My children and I have struck a deal – they can play any kind of music they want as long as I don’t hear it.

  • It’s a question of striking the right balance between quality and productivity.

• 20 (esp. of a clock) to make a sound or a series of sounds that show the time:

  • [ T ] The clock struck midnight.

• 21 a brief military attack:

  • air/military strikes

• 22 a period of time when workers refuse to continue working because they cannot come to an agreement with an employer:

  • [ U ] If the teachers go on strike again and close the schools down, I don’t know what I’ll do with the kids.

• 23 a period of time when a group of workers refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:

  • In a statement, the union said there were no plans for a strike.

  • a postal/rail workers'/miners' strike

  • a 24-hour/2-day, etc. strike

  • call for/call off/avoid a strike Managers sought to avoid a strike by cabin crew over sick leave rules.

  • a strike by sb Fresh moves to stop more strikes by council workers will be made this week.

  • a strike against sth 20% of the workforce has joined a strike against the privatization plans announced yesterday.

  • a strike begins/ends/goes ahead The strike will begin at 6 a.m. Oct. 31 and end 24 hours later.

• 24 if a group of workers are on strike, they refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:

  • Refuse collectors are on strike and rubbish is now piling up across the region.

• 25 if a group of workers go on strike, they stop working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:

  • Around 160 staff are due to go on strike next week in a row over pay.

• 26 if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:

  • The Police Federation has refused to take its members out on strike.

• 27 if a group of workers strike, they refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:

  • Under current legislation, police and prison officers are not allowed to strike.

• 28 to agree to do business with another person or company:

  • Takeover money has been deposited in a bank account, in expectation of striking a deal before tomorrow.

  • The media group yesterday released the details of an agreement that it had struck with dissident investors concerning the forthcoming shareholder vote.

• 29 to find a way to satisfy two opposing demands or needs:

  • We have recruited younger members to the board in an effort to strike a balance between popular appeal and innovative experimentation.

• 30 to do something that makes you very successful or rich, especially in a way that is unexpected:

  • After a slow start, the carmaker finally struck gold in the US.

• 31 to find oil or gold under the surface of the earth:

  • The company announced it had struck oil at one of its wells in Siberia.