be branded a blackleg
被动结构 be branded a blackleg 表示被公开指责为破坏罢工的人，语气强烈。
He was branded a blackleg for returning to work during the strike.
他因在罢工期间复工而被斥为工贼。
工贼；破坏罢工者
blacklegs — plural of blackleg
骗子；作弊者；黑腿病；气肿疽；马铃薯黑胫病；芸薹属黑胫病；由土壤中的梭菌引起的致命牛病；症状性炭疽。
由土壤中的梭菌引起的致命牛病；症状性炭疽。
A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
由果胶分解细菌引起的马铃薯病,特征是茎部变黑和腐烂。
A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion.
由真菌黑斑病菌引起的十字花科植物病害。
A disease of brassicas caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans
在游戏中作弊的人；骗子,尤其是不诚实的庄家。
A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
替代罢工工人的人。
A person who takes the place of striking workers.
During the strike, the union accused the company of hiring blacklegs to keep the factory running.
罢工期间，工会指责公司雇佣破坏罢工的工人来维持工厂运转。
用法提示：这里 blackleg 用作名词，指破坏罢工的工人。
The blackleg was escorted by police as he crossed the picket line.
那个破坏罢工的工人在警察护送下穿过纠察线。
用法提示：blackleg 指特定个体，名词单数形式。
Many workers refused to talk to the blacklegs who had taken their jobs.
许多工人拒绝与那些抢了他们工作的破坏罢工者交谈。
用法提示：blacklegs 为复数形式，指多名破坏罢工的工人。
被动结构 be branded a blackleg 表示被公开指责为破坏罢工的人，语气强烈。
He was branded a blackleg for returning to work during the strike.
他因在罢工期间复工而被斥为工贼。
介词 of 后接 being，再跟 blackleg；指多人时用复数 blacklegs。
The union accused two members of being blacklegs.
工会指责两名成员是工贼。
act as 后接名词，表示充当某种角色；指多人时 blackleg 用复数 blacklegs。
Several miners agreed to act as blacklegs during the strike.
几名矿工同意在罢工期间充当工贼。
against 后接疾病名称 blackleg，表示接种疫苗以预防该病。
Farmers vaccinate their calves against blackleg.
农民给牛犊接种疫苗以预防黑腿病。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cow died of a blackleg.
正确表达The cow died of blackleg.
blackleg 表示牛的黑腿病时是不可数名词，指疾病本身，不加不定冠词 a/an；去掉 a 后才是“死于黑腿病”这一疾病名称的正确表达。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was called blackleg because he kept working during the strike.
正确表达He was called a blackleg because he kept working during the strike.
blackleg 表示“破坏罢工者、工贼”时是可数名词，单数形式前需要限定词；这里指其中一个人，须用 a blackleg。
指顶替罢工者上班的人时，scab 与 blackleg 同义，但 scab 更口语、贬义更强，也是英美通用的说法；blackleg 作“工贼”偏英式、较陈旧。植物病害上二者是不同病：scab 指疮痂病，blackleg 指马铃薯茎基部发黑腐烂，不能互换。
与 blackleg 拼写、读音相近，但 blackguard 只指品行卑劣的人，带旧式、文学色彩，既不指顶替罢工的人，也不指任何牲畜或植物病害；blackleg 的“骗子”义则限于游戏作弊、设局骗赌这类语境。
blackleg 指牛的气肿疽（症状性炭疽），由肖氏梭菌引起，多见于放牧的牛犊；anthrax 专指炭疽杆菌引起的炭疽，可感染牛、羊和人。两者是不同病名，不可互相替代，只有 blackleg 才引申出“工贼”“作弊者”之义。
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