For most of the book Achilles, a prototype of the talented jerk, is on strike.

在这本书里，恃才傲物者的原型阿喀琉斯大部分时间都处于罢状态。

Workers at Boeing have been on strike for more than two weeks.

波公司的人已经罢两周。

Autoworkers are on strike. Energy prices have been rising pretty steadily.

汽车人正在罢。能源价格一直在稳步上涨。

The construction workers are on strike again.

建筑人再次罢。

Speaking of machines, the workers who operate Boeings are on strike.

说到机器，操作波飞机的人正在罢。

Train drivers and postal workers were on strike, and so were nurses, teachers and public defence lawyers.

火车司机和邮政人罢，护士、教师和公设辩护律师也罢。

Yeah, for the first time since the 1960's — both Hollywood actors and writers are on strike.

是的，这是自上世纪 60 年代后，好员和编剧们第一次罢。

Actors who were on strike did not sit for interviews or talk about their movies and television shows.

参加罢的员不接受采访，也不会谈论他们的电影和电视剧。

Mountains upon mountains of garbage bags are piling up outside people's homes and businesses because garbage collectors are on strike.

由于清洁人罢，堆积如山的垃圾袋正在居民区和商业场所外不断蔓延。

The writers have to to be on strike when this episode was written.

- 写这一集时，编剧们必须罢。

Also, nurses and grocery store workers who had been on strike went back to work.

此外，此前罢的护士和杂货店员也重返作岗位。

It's very difficult to be on strike.

罢真是太难。

For example, just today, the Berlin public transport workers are on strike.

例如，就在今天，柏林的公共交通人正在罢。

And unless they're on strike, everything's okay.

除非他们在罢，否则一切都没问题。

That hit one of the picketers who was on strike.

这击中一名正在罢的纠察员。

How long are you willing to be on strike for?

你打算罢久？

Now, there are places right now which are on strike.

目前，有些地方正处于罢状态。

Obviously, the people who were on strike were not very happy, and they got even more violent.

很明显， 那些罢的人非常不高兴，而且变得更加暴力。

You're a member of the Screen Actors Guild and are on strike and shouldn't be talking about that.

你是员会的成员，正在罢，不应该谈论这个。

Now, because the writers are on strike, TV networks are having to show the same programmes again — they've already shown them.

现在，由于编剧们罢，电视网络不得不重新播放同样的节目——他们已经播放过的节目。