学个词Learn a Word 第1608-lockout

　　今天我们要学的词是 lockout. Lockout 停工。美国全国冰球联盟劳资双方恢复谈判。These are the first talks after the lockout began. 这是球员停工后双方第一次谈判。在此之前，全国冰球联盟宣布取消剩下的所有季前赛。与此同时，经过两天的艰苦谈判，the NFL and the NFL Referee's Association reached an agreement to end the three-month lockout. 美式足球联盟跟联盟的裁判协会达成协议，结束了长达三个月的裁判停工状态。During the lockout, inexperienced replacement¹ officials made some highly controversial calls. 正式裁判停工期间，替补裁判上场，很多球的裁判都存在争议。好的，今天我们学习的词是 lockout, lockout, lockout....

1 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。