Stage: to organize and take part in action that needs careful planning, especially as a public protest 組織;籌劃
to stage a strike/demonstration/march/protest
strike: a period of time when an organized group of employees of a company stops working because of a disagreement over pay or conditions 罷工;罷課;罷市
the train drivers' strike
火車司機(jī)罷工
a strike by teachers
教師舉行的罷課
a general/unofficial/one-day strike
總╱未得到批準(zhǔn)的╱為期一天的罷工
Air traffic controllers are threatening to come out on/go on strike.
空中交通管制員威脅要舉行罷工.
Half the workforce are now(out) on strike.
現(xiàn)在有半數(shù)職工罷工.
The train drivers have voted to take strike action.
火車司機(jī)投票表決采取罷工行動(dòng).
The student union has called for a rent strike(= a refusal to pay rent as a protest).
學(xué)生會(huì)呼吁拒繳房租.
Nuts: crazy 瘋狂
My friends think I'm nuts for saying yes.
朋友們認(rèn)為我說行是瘋了.
That phone ringing all the time is driving me nuts!
那電話鈴一直響個(gè)不停,吵得我快要發(fā)瘋了.