strike是什么意思

详细释义

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

  • Democratization has brought workers the right to strike and join a trade union. 民主化賦予工人罷工和加入工會的權利。

  • We're striking for better pay and improved safety standards. 我們舉行罷工，要求加薪並提高安全標準。

• 1 to cause a person or place to suffer severely from the effects of something very unpleasant that happens suddenly -- 突然侵襲；使受折磨；使遭受重創

  • I have a life insurance policy that will take care of my family if disaster strikes. 我有人壽保險，這樣即使災難降臨，我的家人也會有保障。

  • The disease has struck the whole community, sometimes wiping out whole families. 疾病襲擊整個社區，有時整個家族都無一生還。

  • They predict that a large earthquake will strike the west coast before the end of the decade. 他們預測這十年內西海岸就會發生一場大地震。

• 2 to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently -- 擊，打；撞擊；碰撞；攻擊

  • Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle. 她的汽車失控，撞上了迎面開來的一輛車。

  • The police have warned the public that the killer could strike again. 警方提醒民眾，殺手可能會再次下手。

  • The autopsy revealed that his murderer had struck him on the head with an iron bar. 屍體解剖顯示，殺手用一根鐵棍猛擊他的頭部。

  • Have you ever been struck by lightning? 你被閃電擊中過嗎？

  • My golf was terrible today - I just didn't strike the ball well. 我今天高爾夫打得很糟糕——我就是擊不好球。

  • Beckham struck the ball with precision. 貝克漢精確地大力踢球。

  • The clock was striking ten as we went into the church. 我們走進教堂時響起了十點的報時鐘聲。

  • Midnight had just struck when I went upstairs to bed. 我上樓睡覺時，時鐘剛剛敲過午夜12點。

  • She struck a match and lit another cigarette. 她劃了根火柴，又點燃了一支香煙。

  • He bent and struck a match on the sole of his boot. 他俯下身，在靴底上擦亮了一根火柴。

• 3 to remove something officially from a document -- （正式從檔中）刪除，取消

  • Please strike my name from your mailing list immediately. 請立即將我的名字從你的郵件列表中刪除。

  • Several unreliable dealers have been struck off our list of authorized suppliers. 幾個不可靠的供應商已從我們的許可供應商名單中去除掉了。

  • We woke up late and it was ten o'clock before we struck camp. 我們起床晚了，撤營離開時已經十點鐘。

• 4 to discover a supply of oil, gas, or gold underground -- 發現，探測到（地下石油、天然氣或黃金礦藏）

  • The first person to strike oil in the US was Edwin Laurentine Drake. 第一個在美國發現石油的人是埃德溫‧勞倫廷‧德雷克。

• 5 to reach or make an agreement -- 達成，制定（協議）

  • Do you think the government should try to strike a deal with the terrorists? 你認為政府應該嘗試與恐怖分子達成協議嗎？

• 6 to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something -- 給人以…感覺；讓…覺得；使產生…想法

  • Doesn't it strike you as odd that he never talks about his family? 他從來都不談他的家人，難道不讓你感到奇怪嗎？

  • I was immediately struck by the similarities between the two murders. 我立即感到這兩宗謀殺案有相似之處。

  • So how does my proposition strike you? (= What do you think of it?) 那你覺得我的建議如何？

  • [ + (that) ] It strikes me (that) you'd be better off working for someone else. 我覺得你換個老闆會好一點。

  • [ + that ] It's just struck me that I still owe you for the concert tickets. 我突然想起來，我還沒給你音樂會門票的錢。

  • Sitting at her desk, she was struck by the thought that there had to be something more to life. 她坐在書桌前，突然意識到生活一定還意味著更多東西。

• 7 to move your body into a particular position -- 擺出姿勢

  • She may be 67, but she can still strike a sexy pose. 她雖然都67歲了，但她仍然能擺出非常性感的姿勢。

  • Bainbridge struck the pose of a fearless sea captain. 斑布里奇擺出一副無所畏懼的遠洋船長的架勢。

• 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 -- 鑄造；壓出，衝制

  • When was the first pound coin struck? 第一枚一英鎊的硬幣是何時鑄造的？

  • A special medal has been struck to celebrate the end of the war. 為紀念戰爭結束鑄造了一枚特殊的紀念章。

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

  • After last year's long and bitter strike, few people want more industrial action. 經歷去年那場漫長而艱苦的罷工之後，沒什麼人再希望有罷工行動了。

  • They had to play three games with replacement players after the NFL Players Association called a strike. 在全國棒球聯盟球員協會號召球員罷工之後，他們在三場比賽中不得不派替補球員上場。

  • Some miners were calling for a nationwide strike. 一些礦工呼籲舉行全國性罷工。

  • They have voted to stage lightning (= sudden and short) strikes in pursuit of their demands. 為了使自己的要求得到滿足，他們表決通過舉行閃電罷工。

  • We've voted to stage a series of one-day strikes. 我們已表決通過舉行一系列為期一天的罷工。

  • A wave of strikes swept the country. 罷工風潮席捲全國。

  • Union leaders threatened strike action over the changes. 工會領袖威脅發動罷工反對這些變化。

  • The result of the strike ballot will be known tomorrow morning. 罷工投票的結果明天早上就能知道。

  • The city's bus drivers have been on strike for three weeks. 城裡的公車司機已經進行了三個星期的罷工。

  • All 2,500 employees went on strike in protest at the decision to close the factory. 2500名員工全部參加了罷工，以抗議關閉工廠的決定。

• 10 a sudden and powerful hit or attack -- 擊，打；撞擊；襲擊

  • Lightning conductors protect buildings and tall structures from lightning strikes. 避雷針保護大樓和高層建築物免遭雷擊。

  • Garner scored with a 30 -yard strike in the 89th minute. 伽納在第89分鐘的30碼外大力踢球入網得分了。

  • The United Nations has authorized the use of air strikes. 聯合國授權採取空中攻擊。

  • The violence is unlikely to stop without military strikes against terrorist bases. 不對恐怖分子的基地採取軍事攻擊，暴力襲擊就不可能休止。

  • Would you support a nuclear strike to bring an end to a war? 你支持採用核子攻擊來結束戰爭嗎？

  • We have no intention of launching a pre-emptive strike, but we will retaliate if provoked. 我們無意發動先發制人的攻擊，但若遇挑釁，我們定會還以顏色。

• 11 the discovery underground of a valuable substance -- （地下貴重物質的）發現

  • The population and settlement of Colorado expanded after the gold strike of 1858. 1858年發現黃金後，科羅拉多的人口和定居戶數大幅成長。

• 12 (in baseball) a ball that has been thrown by the pitcher and not been hit successfully when it should have been -- （棒球比賽中的）揮棒落空

  • A batter is out after three strikes. 打擊手遭到三振出局。

  • California's "three strikes and you're out" bill means that from now on criminals found guilty of three crimes are jailed for life. 加州的「三振出局」的法案意味著： 從現在起罪犯若三次被判有罪，就會被終身監禁。

  • One strike against him as a candidate is his perceived lack of charisma. 作為候選人，他的不利之處之一在於人們認為他缺乏個人魅力。