- [countable]
a situation in which people stop working as part of a protest or strike 停工;罢工 400 workers were involved in the stoppage. 400名工人卷入了罢工。 a two-day stoppage by train drivers 火车司机两天的停工
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- work
- workplace
- 24-hour
- …
- call
- call for
- threaten
- …
- time
- during a/the stoppage
- [countable] (
sport )体育 a situation in which a game is interrupted for a particular reason 中断比赛 Play resumed quickly after the stoppage. 比赛中断后不久又继续进行。 stoppage time (= added on at the end of the game if there have been stoppages) 比赛补时时间
- [countable]
a situation in which something does not move forward or is blocked 堵塞;阻塞 a stoppage of blood to the heart 通往心脏血液的阻塞
- stoppages[plural] (British English, old-fashioned, formal)
an amount of money that an employer takes from people’s wages for tax and other payments (工资中用于纳税等的)扣除款