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单词 picket line
释义
picket line
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪk.ɪt ˌlaɪn/us
/ˈpɪk.ɪt ˌlaɪn/
agroupofworkersactingaspickets:
纠察线
Journalistsinterviewedtheunionofficialsonthepicketline.记者们采访了纠察线里的工会干部。
Thevandriversrefusedtocrossthepicketline(= to go past thepickets).货车司机拒绝穿越纠察线。
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(Definition ofpicket linefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

picket line| American Dictionary

picket line
noun[C]
us
/ˈpɪk·ɪt ˌlɑɪn/
agroupofpeopleholdingsignsto show that they are notworkingand are having adisagreementwiththeiremployer:
Truckdriversrefusedtocrossthe picket line.
(Definition ofpicket linefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

picket line| Business English

picket line
noun[C]
HR,WORKPLACE
uk
us
→picketnoun
(Definition ofpicket linefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpicket line

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Most people would be glad to condemn intimidation, mass picketing and violence on thepicketline.
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Violence on thepicketlinewill do no service to the trade union movement and no service to industrial relations.
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It is one occasion in relation to apicketlinewhen the press cannot sneer at the trade unions.
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One can feel the heat of the anger of people on thepicketline.
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They love to be asked what they have to say about violence on thepicketline.
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The third proposal concerns no right of discipline on crossing apicketline.
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Is he further aware that diagnosis of emergency cases by thepicketlineis farcical and unacceptable to ill people?
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Obviously, the rest of the container base men would not cross apicketline.
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Meanwhile, away from thepicketline, crime soared.
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The sanctity of life is the issue, not the sanctity of thepicketline, although that seems to be behind most of the inquiries.
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Those men have manned thepicketlineever since, even in the severely cold weather.
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A person who approaches apicketlinemakes a choice.
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If he chooses not to cross thepicketline, that is his decision and it is not an invasion of his freedom.
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There were violent scenes and, as a result, only a handful of miners were able to cross thepicketline.
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I deplore violence on thepicketlinefrom wherever it comes.
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