When workers stop working to force their boss to give them better pay or conditions, that is a strike. A strikebreaker is someone who works anyway — either one of the workers who refuses to join, or an outsider brought in to do the striking workers' jobs so the company keeps running.

When workers stop working to force their boss to give them better pay or conditions當工人停工，逼老闆給更好的薪水或條件時，that is a strike那就是罷工。A strikebreaker is someone who works anywayStrikebreaker是還是照常工作的人——either one of the workers who refuses to join可能是拒絕加入罷工的工人，or an outsider brought in to do the striking workers' jobs或是被找來做罷工工人的工作的外人，so the company keeps running好讓公司繼續運作。

The word is not neutral. It is what the strikers call that person, and it means 'you are helping the boss beat us'. To the company, the same person is just 'a replacement worker' or 'temporary staff'. So which word someone chooses tells you which side they are on.

The word is not neutral這個字不是中性的。It is what the strikers call that person這是罷工的人對那個人的稱呼，and it means 'you are helping the boss beat us'意思是「你在幫老闆打敗我們」。To the company, the same person is just 'a replacement worker' or 'temporary staff'對公司來說，同一個人只是「替補人力」或「臨時人員」。So which word someone chooses tells you which side they are on所以一個人選用哪個詞，就透露了他站在哪一邊。

The stronger, uglier word for the same person is 'scab' — that one is a real insult and you would only hear it shouted, or read it on a picket sign.

The stronger, uglier word for the same person is 'scab'同一個人還有一個更重、更難聽的說法叫「scab」——that one is a real insult那個字才是真正的侮辱，and you would only hear it shouted, or read it on a picket sign你只會聽到有人吼出來，或是寫在糾察牌子上。

You meet this word most in history (the big American and British strikes of the 1800s and 1900s, when companies hired armed men as strikebreakers) and in labour news. It is countable: one strikebreaker, several strikebreakers.

You meet this word most in history你最常在歷史裡遇到這個字——the big American and British strikes of the 1800s and 1900s十九、二十世紀美國和英國那幾場大罷工，when companies hired armed men as strikebreakers當時公司會雇武裝人員來當strikebreaker——and in labour news也常出現在勞工新聞裡。It is countable它是可數名詞：one strikebreaker, several strikebreakersone strikebreaker、several strikebreakers這樣用。