| 词汇 | blackleg |
| 释义 | blackleg noun[ C ] UKdisapprovinguk /ˈblæk.leɡ/ us /ˈblæk.leɡ/(alsoscab) a person who works while others that they work with are on strike罢工期间继续工作者，工贼 Synonym strikebreaker Industrial action abstain anti-strike cooling-off period demarcation dispute direct action lightning strike lock lock someone out lockout on strikephrase picket stoppage strike pay strikebound strikebreaker strikebreaking striker sympathy union-bashing walk A kind of blackleg doing the work cheaper—nay, for nothing. Moreover, though I am carefully informed that he is a blackleg, I find him honest. blackleg | Business Englishblackleg noun[ C ] uk /ˈblækleɡ/us WORKPLACE UKdisapproving an employee who continues to work during a strike (= a period when workers refuse to work because of a disagreement with an employer): They protested about the use of blackleg labour. Compare strikebreaker Examples of blacklegblackleg He employs strike-breakers - "blacklegs" - during the dock dispute and distributes tobacco and alcohol in response to the blacklegs' demands. What you really want, however, is protectors for blacklegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is these blackleg stallions, so to speak, which are doing irreparable mischief to the horse breeding of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In any case, we would like to know which one has been the blackleg who has gone without a salary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the attempt to force them into blacklegging which has incensed the dockers today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they do not, they are considered to be blacklegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been referred to as a blacklegs' charter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the minority—the blackleg minority as we call them—who break the price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, first, the difficulty about compulsion—compulsion of a blackleg minority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the law was altered in 1927, it put us in the position that we dare not look at a blackleg. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Further, the police are being used to go round in the morning to rouse the blacklegs in time for work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I might retort that the party opposite seem to have a wonderful friendship for the blackleg. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A blackleg has only to say that something exists in his mind in order to get a conviction again a picket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Gentlemen in clubland, gentlemen in business and commerce and in the professions know very well what is meant by a blackleg. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We regard this coal that is going to be imported as coal used for the purpose of blacklegging the miners of this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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