“on strike”是状态短语,通常与be动词搭配(表“处于罢工/罢课状态”);若要表示“开始罢工”,则用go on strike(动作短语)。
结构:主语 + be动词(am/is/are/was/were/have been等) + on strike
例:
The factory workers are on strike for higher wages.
工厂工人正在为涨工资罢工。
The teachers have been on strike for a week to demand better working conditions.
教师们已经罢工一周,要求改善工作条件。
The students were on strike yesterday to protest the school’s new dress code.
学生们昨天罢课,抗议学校的新着装规定。
结构:主语 + go/come/take + on strike(常用go on strike)
例:
The bus drivers voted to go on strike next Monday if their salaries aren’t increased.
公交司机投票决定,如果不涨薪,下周一就罢工。
The nurses threatened to come on strike if the hospital cuts their benefits.
护士们威胁说,如果医院削减福利,他们就罢工。
call a strike:号召罢工(动作,主语通常是工会等组织)
例:The union called a strike to support the workers’ demands.
工会号召罢工以支持工人的诉求。
be on strike against sth.:为反对某事而罢工
例:The miners are on strike against the company’s plan to close the mine.
矿工们为反对公司关闭矿井而罢工。
“on strike”是介词短语,不能单独作谓语,必须与be动词或其他动词(如go)搭配使用;
适用群体:工人、教师、护士、公交司机等靠劳动获取报酬的群体,或学生(罢课);
语义核心:通过停止工作/上课来表达抗议或争取权益。
状态:be on strike(在罢工/罢课);
动作:go on strike(开始罢工/罢课);
含义:因诉求未满足而停止工作/上课的抗议行为。