这家工厂暑期停工一个月，给工人放了假。 The factory closed for a month in the summer and let the workers off.
工会正采取伺机而动的策略－在政府没有宣布自己的计划之前他们是不会说是否命令会员停工的。 The trades unions are playing a waiting game-they won't say whether they will order their members to stop work until the government has declared its own plans.
天然气的严重缺乏使许多家工厂都停工了。 A severe natural gas shortage shut down many plants.
