workhouse是什么意思 workhouse在线翻译 workhouse什么意思 workhouse的意思 workhouse的翻译 workhouse的解释 workhouse的发音 workhouse的同义词

1. workhouse

1. 教养院：Worker Opinion Survey 工人意见调查 | workhouse 教养院 | working alliance 作业同盟

2. 囚犯工厂：workhorse 驮马 | workhouse 囚犯工厂 | working capital 流动资金

3. 感化院：★workshop n. 车间 | workhouse 感化院 | ★helper n. 帮手,助手

1. (英国17至19世纪的)济贫院，劳动救济所
    In Britain, in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, a workhouse was a place where very poor people could live and do unpleasant jobs in return for food. People use the workhouse to refer to these places in general.

    e.g. ...a struggling Shropshire family which lived in fear of the workhouse.
           生活在对济贫院的恐惧之中、艰苦挣扎着的什罗普郡一家人

1. a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months

2. a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor