托福词汇：STRIKE

strike [straik] US UK

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n./v. 罢工,打击

verb

HIT 击，打, [T] [written] to hit or fall against the surface of something

打，击，撞:

She fell heavily, striking her head against the side of the boat.

她重重地摔了一跤，头撞在船舷上。

A snowball struck him on the back of the head.

一团雪球打中他的后脑勺。

Several cars were struck by falling trees.

几辆车被倒下的树砸中了。

The last rays of the setting sun struck the garden windows.

最后一缕斜阳照在花园的窗户上。

HIT WITH HAND / WEAPON ETC 用手/武器等打击, [T] [formal] to deliberately hit someone or something with your hand or a weapon

〔用手或武器〕打，击:

She struck him hard across the face.

她重重打了他一记耳光。

The victim had been struck with some kind of wooden implement.

受害人遭到某种木制器具的击打。

Paul struck him a blow to the head.

保罗给了他当头一击。

The assassin's bullet struck home (=hit exactly where it should) .

暗杀者的子弹击中了目标。

THOUGHT / IDEA 想法/主意, [T not in progressive] if something strikes you, you think of it, notice it, or realize that it is important, interesting, true etc

突然意识到，突然想到:

A rather worrying thought struck me.

我突然有了一个颇令人担忧的想法。

The first thing that struck me was the fact that there were no other women present.

我突然意识到的第一件事就是没有其他女性到场。

It struck her that losing the company might be the least of her worries.

她突然意识到失去公司或许是她最不担心的一件事。

You can't help being struck by her kindness.

你禁不住要为她的善良而感动。

strike sb as (being) sth, to seem to have a particular quality or feature

给某人以某种印象:

His jokes didn't strike Jack as being very funny.

杰克不觉得他的笑话很好笑。

It struck me as odd that the man didn't introduce himself before he spoke.

我感到很奇怪，那个男人在讲话之前没有介绍过自己。

STOP WORK 罢工, [I] if a group of workers strike, they stop working as a protest against something relating to their work, for example how much they are paid, bad working conditions etc

罢工:

In many countries, the police are forbidden to strike.

在很多国家，警察是不准罢工的。

They're striking for the right to have their trade union recognized in law.

他们罢工是想让他们的工会在法律上得到承认。

ATTACK 打击, [I] to attack someone, especially suddenly

猛然攻击，突然袭击:

The killer might strike again.

凶手可能会再次突然袭击。

Guerrillas struck a U.N. camp, killing 75.

游击队突袭了一个联合国难民营，杀死 75 人。

Opponents of the war say that civilian villages have been struck several times.

反战人士说平民村庄屡遭袭击。

HARM 伤害, [T] to damage or harm someone or something

伤害; 危害:

The law would strike at the most basic of civil rights.

这项法令会侵犯最基本的公民权利。

Such prejudices strike right at the heart of any notions of a civilized society.

这些偏见直接危害到了文明社会理念的核心部分。

The scandal seemed to have struck a mortal blow to the government's chances of re-election.

这一丑闻似乎给了政府连任的希望致命一击。

STH BAD HAPPENS 发生某种不幸, [I,T] if something bad strikes, it suddenly happens or suddenly begins to affect someone

突然发生〔某种不幸〕; 突然对（某人）有坏的影响:

The plague struck again for the third time that century.

瘟疫又暴发了，那是那个世纪的第三次了。

Everything seemed to be going fine when suddenly disaster struck .

一切看起来都很正常，但这时灾难突然发生了。

strike a balance (between sth), to give the correct amount of importance or attention to two separate things

（使两个事物间）达到平衡，两者兼顾:

He was finding it difficult to strike a balance between his family and his work.

他发现家庭和工作两者很难兼顾。

It isn't always easy to strike the right balance .

做到两者兼顾并非总是很容易。

strike a bargain / deal, to agree to do something for someone if they do something for you

达成协议/交易:

There are rumors that the president struck a private deal with the corporation's chairman.

有传言称董事长已和该公司的主席私下里达成了协议。

strike a happy / cheerful / cautious etc note, to express a particular feeling or attitude

表达出高兴/振奋/谨慎等的感情（态度）:

The article struck a conciliatory note.

那篇文章表达了和解的姿态。

Moderate Republicanism appeared to strike exactly the right note with the voters (=be what the people wanted) .

温和的共和主义看来恰好表达了选民的心声。

strike a chord, to say or do something that other people agree with or have sympathy with

引起共鸣，打动:

Their story is bound to strike a chord with all parents.

他们的故事一定会引起所有父母的共鸣。

strike a match, to produce a flame from a match by rubbing it hard across a rough surface

划火柴

strike gold / oil etc

to find a supply of gold, oil etc in the ground or under the sea

〔尤指经过挖掘〕找到黄金/石油等:

If they strike oil, drilling will begin early next year.

如果他们找到石油，明年初就会开始钻井挖油了。

strike gold to do something that makes you a lot of money

发大财，暴富:

Jackie eventually struck gold with her third novel.

杰姬靠她的第三本小说终于发了大财。

LIGHTNING 闪电, [I,T] if LIGHTNING strikes something, it hits and damages it

〔闪电〕击中，击毁:

The temple burned down after it was struck by lightning last year.

那座庙宇去年遭雷击后烧毁了。

strike a blow for sb / sth, to do something to help achieve a principle or aim

维护某人/某事物:

It's time we struck a blow for women's rights.

我们该起来维护妇女权利了。

be within striking distance

to be close enough to reach a place easily

近在咫尺:

By now they were within striking distance of the shore.

现在他们离海岸很近。

to be very close to achieving something

非常靠近〔某物〕; 即将实现〔某目标〕:

The French team are within striking distance of the world record.

法国队离世界纪录只有咫尺之遥。

strike it rich, to suddenly make a lot of money

发大财，暴富

strike it lucky, [BrE] to be very lucky, especially when you were not expecting to

交好运:

We struck it lucky in Bangkok, where we were told there were some extra seats on the plane that night.

我们在曼谷交好运了，有人告诉我们当晚飞机上还有些空座。

CLOCK 时钟, [I,T] if a clock strikes one, two, six etc, its bell makes a sound once, twice, six times etc according to what time it is

敲（钟），报（时）:

The church clock began to strike twelve.

教堂的钟开始敲十二下。

GAIN ADVANTAGE 赢得先机, [I] to do something that gives you an advantage over your opponent in a fight, competition etc

〔在争斗、竞争等中〕取得先机:

Brazil struck first with a goal in the third minute.

巴西队第三分钟先射入一球取得先机。

strike home, if something that you say strikes home, it has exactly the effect on someone that you intended

产生预期的效果:

She saw the emotion in her father's face and knew her words had struck home.

她看到她父亲脸上的表情，就知道她的话起了效果。

strike terror / fear into sb's heart, to make someone feel very frightened

使某人感到恐惧/害怕:

The word 'cancer' still strikes terror into many hearts.

“癌症”这个词仍然使很多人心生恐惧。

strike a pose / attitude, to stand or sit with your body in a particular position

以某种姿势站（坐）; 摆姿势:

Malcolm struck his usual pose: hands in pockets, shoulders hunched.

马尔科姆摆出惯常的姿势: 双手插在口袋里，肩膀耸起。

be struck dumb, to suddenly be unable to talk, usually because you are very surprised or shocked

〔通常因为吃惊或震惊而〕说不出话来

be struck with horror / terror / awe etc, to suddenly feel very afraid, shocked etc

突然感到惊恐/恐惧/敬畏等:

As she began to speak to him, she was struck with shyness.

她刚开始和他说话时，感到十分害羞。

strike while the iron is hot, to do something immediately rather than waiting until a later time when you are less likely to succeed

趁热打铁，把握时机行事

strike sb dead, to kill someone

杀死某人:

May God strike me dead if I'm telling a lie!

如果我在说谎，上帝让我不得好死！

noun

NOT WORKING 不工作, [C,U] a period of time when a group of workers deliberately stop working because of a disagreement about pay, working conditions etc

罢工; 罢市

The farm workers'strike is in its third week.

农场工人罢工进入第三周。

a six-week strike by railway workers

铁路工人为期六周的罢工

a strike over pay cuts

因为减薪引起的罢工

a national strike against mine closures

反对矿场关闭的全国大罢工

Workers had been out on strike for 8 months.

工人已经罢工 8 个月了。

Teachers went on strike last week to demand job security.

上周教师举行罢工，要求得到工作保障。

The trade union federations called a general strike to protest at working conditions.

工会联盟号召总罢工，对恶劣的工作环境进行抗议。

They refused to obey the court's order to call off the strike .

他们拒绝服从停止罢工的法院判令。

The Prime Minister was determined to break the strike .

首相决心要终止罢工。

an all-out strike by civil servants

公务员的总罢工

Hospital workers voted in favour of strike action .

医院员工投票决定支持罢工行动。

► Do not say

不要说 'go on a strike'.

ATTACK 打击，攻击, [C] a military attack, especially by planes dropping bombs

军事打击〔尤指空袭〕:

a surprise air strike on military targets

对军事目标进行的突然空袭

American aircraft carriers have launched several strikes .

美国的航空母舰发动了数次袭击。

DISCOVERY 发现, [C usually singular] the discovery of something valuable under the ground

〔地下珍贵东西的〕意外发现:

an oil strike

石油的发现

two / three strikes against sb / sth, [AmE] a condition or situation that makes it extremely difficult for someone or something to be successful

某人/某事处于十分不利的地位; 某人/某事很难获得成功:

Children from poor backgrounds have two strikes against them by the time they begin school.

贫困家庭的孩子等到入学的时候就处于劣势了。

BASEBALL 棒球, [C] an attempt to hit the ball in baseball that fails, or a ball that is thrown to the BATTER in the correct area, but is not hit

〔棒球〕击球未中; 好球

BOWLING 保龄球, [C] a situation in BOWLING in which you knock down all the PINS (=bottle shaped objects) with a ball on your first attempt

〔保龄球〕一击全倒，全中