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picketing
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈpɪk.ɪ.tɪŋ/ us /ˈpɪk.ɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
an activity in which a worker or group of workers protest outside a building to prevent other workers from going inside: 纠察活动
The proposed new law would ban picketing.拟议的新法将禁止纠察活动。
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picket
The dramatic unfolding of events, particularly the mass picketing and the response of the police, is well known.
National NAACP leaders announced a boycott against the 24-hotel chain in July, calling for picketing outside hotels nationwide.
Ramp workers, who soundly rejected a contract deal and remain in mediated talks, this month staged the first picketing against the airline in more than two decades.
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