lock out

• • 把…锁在外面；把…关在门外：

    He was locked out because he came back after midnight.

    由于午夜以后回来，他被关在了门外。

  • (资方)不准(工人)进厂以威胁他们接受条件：

    The workers had been locked out until they accepted the management's terms.

    工人们在接受资方的条件之前被禁止进厂。