be on strike/go on strike They are sitll on strike.他们仍在罢工。 The workers went on strike yesterday.昨天工人们举行罢工。 <辨析>be on strike 意为“在罢工”,表示状态,含有进行的意味,可以同表示一段时间的状语连用。如: They have been to strike for more than a week.他们罢工已有一个多星期了。 go on strike 意为“举行罢工”,“开始罢工”,是终止性动词词组,不能同表示一段时间的状语连用。如: No rubbish has been collected since the dustmen went on strike three weeks ago.自从垃圾清运工在三周前举行罢工以来,垃圾就没有清除过。 注意:go on strike 不可译成“继续罢工”,要表达这一意思,应该说 go on with strike。如: We decided to go on with strike.我们决定继续罢工。