lockout
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/ˈlɑːkaʊt/
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/ˈlɒkaʊt/
When an employer does not let workers come to their job until they agree to certain things.
The workers were on a lockout because they refused to accept the new working conditions.
工人因拒絕接受新的工作條件而處於停工狀態。