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A go-slow is a protest at work. The workers do not walk out and stop completely. They stay, they do their jobs — but they do them as slowly as they can, so the company loses time and money. It is a way of saying “we are angry” without a full strike.
A go-slow is go-slow 是 a protest at work職場上的一種抗議。 The workers工人們 do not walk out and stop completely不會走出工廠、把工作完全停掉。 They stay他們留下來， they do their jobs照樣做事—— but they do them as slowly as they can但能做多慢就做多慢， so the company loses time and money讓公司賠上時間和金錢。 It is a way of這是一種方法： without a full strike不必全面罷工， saying也能說出 "we are angry"「我們很生氣」。
You meet this word most in British English, in news about unions and factories. American English more often says slowdown.
You meet this word most這個字你最常遇到 in British English是在英式英文， in news about unions and factories在工會和工廠的新聞裡。 American English美式英文 more often says更常說 slowdown。
Though actually, a go-slow is not the same as work-to-rule, where people follow every tiny rule so that nothing moves; a go-slow is simply slow on purpose.
Though actually不過其實， a go-slow is not the same as go-slow 並不等於 work-to-rule， where people follow every tiny rule那是大家把每條小規定都照章辦到底、 so that nothing moves讓事情動彈不得； a go-slow is simply go-slow 就只是 slow on purpose故意放慢。
It is a noun: they started a go-slow. It is not about driving slowly in traffic.
It is a noun它是名詞： they started a go-slow他們發起了一場怠工。 It is not about它講的不是 driving slowly in traffic在車陣裡慢慢開車。
組成From the phrasal verb go slow — to move or work slowly. The noun is that action turned into a thing you can start or join.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
go-slownoun
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A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion.
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Deliberate slow working as a protest during an industrial dispute.
- Indiscipline results in chaos, confusion and diffusion or results. It give rise to strikes, ‘go-slows’, absenteeism, leading to loss of production, profits and wages. […] The features of code of discipline: (i) It prohibits strikes and lock outs without proper notice and also prohibits intimidation, victimization, go-slow tactics, violence, coercion or instigation by both parties.
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informalAny ponderous business, such as backhanded public administration or a traffic jam.
- Nigerian masses are likely to be reticent about another two weeks of putting their lives on another go-slow. The first go-slow became evident during the first full lockdown when characteristically , govt authorities that promised the masses food, money and welfare after appropriating huge sums of money under the auspices of a powerful presidential task force, PTF, failed to deliver. […] And as if history was repeating itself, the long suffering masses compelled to stay home are bearing the brunt of the go-slow which is a subterfuge for corruption.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。