go-slow

noun

1. 怠工
   a protest that workers make by doing their work more slowly than usual

1. 怠工
   A go-slow is a protest by workers in which they deliberately work slowly in order to cause problems for their employers.

in AM, use 美国英语用 slowdown

1. While some have threatened to withhold funds if the line goes ahead, others are saying they will adopt a go-slow attitude.
   一些选区威胁说，如果高铁项目继续，他们将停止资金援助，另一些则说他们将消极怠工。
2. The two week go-slow at the factory has ended after unions agreed a new pay deal with the management.
   当工会和管理层达成了新的工资协定之后，这家工厂二周的怠工结束了。
3. Even more disturbingly, given that growing power, the blame for the gas go-slow lies mainly with Beijing.
   但更令人不安的是，鉴于中国的实力逐渐增强，人们将天然气开发进展缓慢的责任主要都推到北京头上。
4. Many Chinese companies also prefer a go-slow approach.
   中国公司还喜欢采用慢条斯理的。
5. Check to see if there is any strike or go-slow.
   查清楚是不是有罢工或者怠工。
6. Bandiera and her colleagues proposed a different way of adjusting the piece rate one that workers could not influence with a collective go-slow and measured the result.
   班迪耶拉和她的同事们提出了一种不同的方法来调整工资率，使工人们无法通过集体怠工来影响工资率，然后评估结果。

noun

1. a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers