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单词 walkout
释义
walkout
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɔːk.aʊt/us
/ˈwɑːk.aʊt/
theactofleavinganofficialmeetingas agroupinorderto showdisapproval, or ofleavingaplaceofworktostartastrike:
（表示抗议的）退席，退场；罢工
Seniorunionworkersstaged(= had)a walkout thisafternoonat theannualconferenceover theproposedchangesinfunding.在今天下午讨论拟议的专款变动事宜的年度大会上，工会的高层人员退场以示抗议。
See also
walk out(LEAVE)
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(Definition ofwalkoutfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

walkout| American Dictionary

walkout
noun[C]
us
/ˈwɔkˌɑʊt/
theactofleavingaplaceto show that you areunhappy, or (ofworkers) theactofstoppingworkbecause of adisagreementwithmanagement:
Somepeoplewho wereunhappywith thechangesstageda walkout during themeeting.
Theairlinebarelyaverteda walkout byflightattendantsthis pastJune.
(Definition ofwalkoutfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

walkout| Business English

walkout
noun[C,usually singular]
(alsowalk-out)
uk
/ˈwɔːkaʊt/us
HR,WORKPLACE
asituationin whichworkersrefusetocontinueworkingandleavetheiroffice,factory, etc. to showtheiremployerthat they areunhappyabout something:
call/stage/threaten a walkoutCabincrewstageda walkoutcostingtheairline$150m.
avert/calloff a walkout
hold/joina walkout
a24-hour/masswalkout
MEETINGS
asituationin which agroupofpeopleleaveameetingto show that they do notagreewith something:
Themeetingendedin a walkout by theunionnegotiators.
(Definition ofwalkoutfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwalkout

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The complaints that precede the walkouts are constructed so as to identify deleterious and generic personal deficiencies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thewalkouttactic is also risky, because it requires high co-ordination and compliance among majority members.
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Following thewalkout, nobody seems to have been fired.
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As well as ending in walkouts, these sequences end with one or both of the par ticipants evidently in an indignant or distraught state.
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The sequences that precede the three walkouts are quite long, extending over several pages of transcript.
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Although each of the sequences in its detail has features that make it distinctive, it is also possible to discern some common elements in the events immediately preceding thewalkout.
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One reason for being interested in the shape of arguments preceding walkouts is that they may hold clues as to how more serious argument escalations occur.
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When a theatre audience is scandalized by a performance, it often enacts its protest in a highly theatrical way, using catcalls, walkouts, and even fists to express its disapproval.
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Indeed, the most numerous complaints in the labour archives and the most common source of local conflicts and walkouts during the revolution, are those of millhands against supervisors.
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This looks as though it was a pretext, thiswalkoutby him—because it does look like awalkout.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There could, therefore, be awalkoutin which half the workers might be covered, having given the requisite notice, but the other half might not.
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All colliery walkouts are led by chargemen, who may not even go to union meetings.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They start with a spontaneouswalkout, sometimes by a relatively small number of people.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The truth is that spontaneous walkouts—unoffical or unpredictable protests—take place in every country, in every office and in every factory.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Difficulties will arise if awalkoutoccurs over, for instance, the dismissal of a shop steward, which was later endorsed by a secret ballot.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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