work-to-rule

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to such a protest. not-comparable
    — Disgruntled by chronic staff shortages, doctors threatened a “work-to-rule” action at the East London Hospital Complex by the end of this week.

词形变化

work-to-rules plural work to rule alternative,noun work to rule alternative,noun

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English work to ruledeverb.
English work-to-rule
Deverbal from work to rule.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English work to ruledeverb.
English work-to-rule
Deverbal from work to rule.
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