die-in
noun [ C ] uk/ˈdaɪ.ɪn/ us/ˈdaɪ.ɪn/
(为抗议而举行的)集体躺倒,拟死示威
a type of protest in which a group of people lie down in a public place as if they are dead and refuse to leave or allow normal activities to continue there
Organizers say they are planning to stage a "die-in" at the end of the march. 组织者表示,他们计划在游行结束时举行 "拟死示威"。
More than 1,000 people have signed up to lie down at the die-in, which is meant to represent people who have died in the war. 已经有超过1000人报名参加拟死示威活动,以纪念那些在战争中死去的人们。
Compare: sit-in
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- "We're committed protesters," he says of his group, which will be staging a "die-in," acting dead so that police will have to carry them away.
- The campaign continues today with a die-in, during which students will trace chalk outlines of each other at spots around campus to represent the victims of the crisis.
- Peasant farmers and their supporters lie in the middle of the road - a "die-in", they say, to symbolise their struggle for land reform and food.
- There will be a civil disobedience die-in and vigil against war funding by the group.