wildcat
n. 野猫; 脾气暴躁的人
adj. (商业上或财务上)鲁莽的,冒险的
v. 勘探石油
A wildcat is a cat which is very fierce and lives especially in mountains and forests.
A giant wildcat is being hunted after 58 lambs were butchered.
一只大野猫在捕杀了58只羊羔后遭到猎捕。
A wildcat strike happens suddenly, as a result of a decision by a group of workers, and is not officially approved by a trade union.
Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.
挫败感、愤怒和绝望引起了一系列自发性的罢工。
...wildcat stoppages on public transport.
公共交通部门的自发性罢工
A wildcat scheme, project, or business is risky and likely to fail, usually because there has not been enough planning.
It was a wildcat plan by some of our members.
这是我们的一些成员制订的一个冒险计划。
1. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
2. a cruelly rapacious person
3. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
1. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices;
2. without official authorization;
3. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive;
The discovery rate for wildcat wells in the Denver basin has changed radically with time.
丹佛盆地的探井发现率随时间变化得很快.
The wildcat strikes have come under the backdrop of rapidly rising unemployment.
由于失业率迅速上升,英国工人擅自组织罢工(抗议外籍工人抢其饭碗).
The wildcat could have been on either side of the valley.
豹猫可能在山谷的某一侧.
Car production stopped because of a wildcat strike by workers in the body shop.
由于车身制造车间工人们的自发罢工,汽车生产停止了.
The wildcat strikes have come onto under the backdrop of rapidly rising on unemployment.
这些强烈的罢工发生的背景是迅速提升的失业率.