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单词 direct action
释义
direct action
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdaɪ.rekt ˈæk.ʃən/us
/ˌdaɪ.rekt ˈæk.ʃən/
the use ofstrikes,violence, orprotestsas a way oftryingto get what youwant,insteadoftalking
直接行动
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Industrial action
  • abstain
  • anti-strike
  • blackleg
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • locksomeoneout
  • lockout
  • picket
  • picket line
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • strikebreaking
  • striker
  • sympathy
  • union-bashing
  • walk
  • walk out
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Taking action against people in power
(Definition ofdirect actionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • In England there is a separate organization of the I. W. W. that is advancing rapidly, while the influence on the old trade unions is very noticeable in their changed attitude of late toward 'direct action.'...
  • This necessity for community solidarity is often overlooked by followers of Gandhi who advocate reforms by means of non-violent direct action in our western society.

direct action| Business English

direct action
noun[U]
uk
us
HR,POLITICS
the use ofactionssuch asstrikesorprotestsas a way oftryingtoachievepoliticalor otherchanges:
Thegovernmentfacestherealprospectofreneweddirectactionif itfailstorespondto theprotesters' 60-daydeadline.
Theworkers, who had not beenpaidfor severalmonths,threatenedtotakedirectactioninpursuitoftheirclaim.
(Definition ofdirect actionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect action

direct action
The effect on worm length could be brought about by thedirectactionof these effectors on the worms.
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Adirectactionof temperature on metabolic reactions may account for the shorter developmental time of insects reared at warmer temperatures.
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The striving to integrate and cohesivelydirectactionis a basic form of biological activity.
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This collapse marked the end of radicaldirectactionor shop-floor alternatives to municipal politics.
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These mechanical signals can be blocked by progesterone either by adirectactionof this hormone or possibly through the support of stretch-induced uterine hypertrophy.
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In large part because of the political repression within the arsenals, workers perceived mobility as the best form of resistance and avoideddirectaction.
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It is at least plausible to associate the former disturbances with thedirectactionof turbulent fluctuations and the latter with hydrodynamic instability.
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Rather, it is a mix of individual and collectivedirectaction.
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Social movements threatendirectactionif they do not.
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Ifdirectactionwas not taken, even more massive protest rallies would follow.
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The 1867 campaign to abolish the "star cars" was a result ofdirectactionmass protest.
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It is a strategy that he would effectively combine withdirectactiona decade later.
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Also, the front layers are directly heated to high temperatures by thedirectactionof the high intensity laser beam.
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Expression of melatonin receptor protein in the photoreceptors suggests that melatonin may have adirectactionon these cells.
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It was this transition that led to a willingness on their part to rejectdirectactionin favour of constitutional reform.
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