该短语是不及物动词短语(无被动语态),主语通常为劳动者群体(复数名词或集合名词,如 workers, teachers, nurses 等),常搭配介词短语说明罢工的原因/目的。
主语 + go on strike(直接表示“罢工”)
主语 + go on strike + for/against...(补充罢工的目的:for 表“为了争取…”;against 表“反对…”)
一般过去时(描述过去发生的罢工):
The bus drivers went on strike last week because of unpaid overtime.
(公交车司机上周因加班费未付而罢工。)
现在进行时(表计划/正在进行的罢工):
Hospital staff are going on strike tomorrow to demand more nurses.
(医院员工明天将罢工,要求增加护士编制。)
一般现在时(表习惯/条件性的罢工):
If the company cuts our benefits, we go on strike.
(如果公司削减我们的福利,我们就罢工。)
be on strike:表示“处于罢工状态”(强调持续的状态)
The factory workers have been on strike for a month.
(工厂工人已经罢工一个月了。)
call a strike:“号召/发起罢工”(主语通常为工会 union)
The union called a strike, and 90% of workers went on strike.
(工会发起罢工,90%的工人参与了。)
go back to work:“结束罢工,返回工作”
The workers went back to work after the company agreed to raise wages.
(公司同意加薪后,工人们返回了工作岗位。)
不可加冠词:固定用法是 go on strike,而非 go on a strike(但 call a strike 需加 a,因 call 是及物动词)。
主语的群体性:罢工通常是集体行动,因此主语多为复数(如 workers),但单数主语(如 a worker)语法上可行(表示“独自罢工”,但语境少见)。
1、 Teachers went on strike against the government’s education budget cuts.
(教师们罢工反对政府削减教育预算。)
2、 Railway workers are threatening to go on strike for higher pay.
(铁路工人威胁要为加薪而罢工。)
3、 When the workers went on strike, the factory shut down for three days.
(工人们罢工时,工厂停产了三天。)
一句话总结:go on strike 是劳动者为权益集体停止工作的行动,重点在“开始罢工”的动作,常搭配 for/against 说明目的。