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 -- 罢工

  • Democratization has brought workers the right to strike and join a trade union. 民主化赋予工人罢工和加入工会的权利。

  • We're striking for better pay and improved safety standards. 我们举行罢工，要求加薪并提高安全标准。

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

  • I have a life insurance policy that will take care of my family if disaster strikes. 我有人寿保险，这样即使灾难降临，我的家人也会有保障。

  • The disease has struck the whole community, sometimes wiping out whole families. 疾病袭击了整个社区，有时整个家庭都无一生还。

  • They predict that a large earthquake will strike the west coast before the end of the decade. 他们预测这个10年内西海岸就会发生一场大地震。

• 2 to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently -- 击，打；撞击；碰撞；攻击

  • Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle. 她的汽车失控，撞上了迎面开来的一辆车。

  • The police have warned the public that the killer could strike again. 警方提醒公众，杀手可能会再次下手。

  • The autopsy revealed that his murderer had struck him on the head with an iron bar. 尸体解剖显示，杀手用一根铁棍猛击了他的头部。

  • Have you ever been struck by lightning? 你被闪电击中过吗？

  • My golf was terrible today - I just didn't strike the ball well. 我今天高尔夫打得很糟糕——我就是击不好球。

  • Beckham struck the ball with precision. 贝克汉姆精确地大力踢球。

  • The clock was striking ten as we went into the church. 我们走进教堂时响起了10点的报时钟声。

  • Midnight had just struck when I went upstairs to bed. 我上楼睡觉时时钟刚刚敲过午夜12点。

  • She struck a match and lit another cigarette. 她划了根火柴，又点燃了一支香烟。

  • 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 -- （正式从文件中）删除，取消

  • Please strike my name from your mailing list immediately. 请立即将我的名字从你的邮件列表中删除。

  • Several unreliable dealers have been struck off our list of authorized suppliers. 几个不可靠的供应商已从我们的许可供应商名单中去除掉了。

  • We woke up late and it was ten o'clock before we struck camp. 我们起晚了，撤营离开时已经10点钟了。

• 4 to discover a supply of oil, gas, or gold underground -- 发现，探测到（地下石油、天然气或黄金矿藏）

  • The first person to strike oil in the US was Edwin Laurentine Drake. 第一个在美国发现石油的人是埃德温‧劳伦廷‧德雷克。

• 5 to reach or make an agreement -- 达成，制定（协议）

  • Do you think the government should try to strike a deal with the terrorists? 你认为政府应该尝试与恐怖分子达成协议吗？

• 6 to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something -- 给人以…感觉；让…觉得；使产生…想法

  • Doesn't it strike you as odd that he never talks about his family? 他从来都不谈他的家人，难道不让你感到奇怪吗？

  • I was immediately struck by the similarities between the two murders. 我当即感到这两起谋杀案有相似之处。

  • So how does my proposition strike you? (= What do you think of it?) 那你觉得我的建议如何？

  • [ + (that) ] It strikes me (that) you'd be better off working for someone else. 我觉得你换个老板处境会好些。

  • [ + that ] It's just struck me that I still owe you for the concert tickets. 我突然想起来，音乐会的票钱我还没给你呢。

  • Sitting at her desk, she was struck by the thought that there had to be something more to life. 她坐在书桌前，突然意识到生活一定还意味着更多的东西。

• 7 to move your body into a particular position -- 摆出姿势

  • She may be 67, but she can still strike a sexy pose. 虽然都67岁了，但她仍然能摆出非常性感的姿势。

  • Bainbridge struck the pose of a fearless sea captain. 班布里奇摆出一副无所畏惧的远洋轮船船长的架势。

• 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 -- 铸造；压出，冲制

  • When was the first pound coin struck? 第一枚1英镑的硬币是何时铸造的？

  • A special medal has been struck to celebrate the end of the war. 为纪念战争结束铸造了一枚特殊的纪念章。

• 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 -- 罢工

  • After last year's long and bitter strike, few people want more industrial action. 经历了去年那场漫长而艰苦的罢工之后，没什么人再希望有罢工行动了。

  • They had to play three games with replacement players after the NFL Players Association called a strike. 在全国棒球联盟球员协会号召球员罢工之后，他们在三场比赛中不得不派替补球员上场。

  • Some miners were calling for a nationwide strike. 一些矿工呼吁举行全国性的罢工。

  • They have voted to stage lightning (= sudden and short) strikes in pursuit of their demands. 为了使自己的要求得到满足，他们表决通过举行闪电式罢工。

  • We've voted to stage a series of one-day strikes. 我们已表决通过举行一系列为期一天的罢工。

  • A wave of strikes swept the country. 罢工风潮席卷全国。

  • Union leaders threatened strike action over the changes. 工会领袖威胁发动罢工反对这些变化。

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

  • The city's bus drivers have been on strike for three weeks. 城里的公交车司机已经进行了3个星期的罢工。

  • All 2,500 employees went on strike in protest at the decision to close the factory. 2500名雇员全部参加了罢工，以抗议关闭工厂的决定。

• 10 a sudden and powerful hit or attack -- 击，打；撞击；袭击

  • Lightning conductors protect buildings and tall structures from lightning strikes. 避雷针保护大楼和高层建筑物免遭雷击。

  • Garner scored with a 30 -yard strike in the 89th minute. 伽纳在第89分钟的30码外大力踢球入网得分了。

  • The United Nations has authorized the use of air strikes. 联合国授权采取空中打击。

  • The violence is unlikely to stop without military strikes against terrorist bases. 不对恐怖分子的基地采取军事打击，暴力袭击就不可能休止。

  • Would you support a nuclear strike to bring an end to a war? 你支持采用核打击来结束战争吗？

  • We have no intention of launching a pre-emptive strike, but we will retaliate if provoked. 我们无意发动先发制人的攻击，但若遇挑衅，我们定会还以颜色。

• 11 the discovery underground of a valuable substance -- （地下贵重物质的）发现

  • The population and settlement of Colorado expanded after the gold strike of 1858. 1858年发现黄金后，科罗拉多的人口和定居户数大幅增长。

• 12 (in baseball) a ball that has been thrown by the pitcher and not been hit successfully when it should have been -- （棒球比赛中的）击球不中

  • A batter is out after three strikes. 击球手三击不中出局。

  • California's "three strikes and you're out" bill means that from now on criminals found guilty of three crimes are jailed for life. 加利福尼亚的“三击不中出局”的法案意味着：从现在起罪犯若3次被判有罪，就会被终身监禁。

  • One strike against him as a candidate is his perceived lack of charisma. 他作为候选人的一个不利之处在于人们认为他缺乏个人魅力。