work-to-rule

短语

n. 怠工

词形变化

work-to-rules 复数

别名

work to rule

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    按章工作

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to such a protest.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

job action

词源

Deverbal from work to rule.

来源：wiktionary