1.济贫院;〈美〉感化院,劳动教养院
1.a poorhouse in Britain in the past
1.Oliver cried loudly. If he could have known that he was a workhouse orphan, perhaps he would have cried even more loudly.
奥利弗大声哭着。假如他已经知道自己是一个济贫院的孤儿，他可能会哭得更响些。
2.Then I told him about the wastage of food in the workhouse kitchen, and what I thought of it.
我和他提起贫民院厨房浪费的那些食物，谈了我对此的看法。
3.He had heard old men in the workhouse say it was a good place for brave boys, and that there was always work there for those that wanted it.
在济贫院里他听老人们说过，那是个勇敢的孩子去的好地方，而且在那儿很容易找到事做。
4.You know, I feel very sorry for you, Workhouse, but the truth is your mother was a wicked woman.
你知道我很同情你，济贫院，但你妈妈其实是个坏女人。
5.When he reached the workhouse, he waited for a minute to make sure his face was suitably tearful and frightened.
他来到了济贫院，先在外面站了一会儿，好确实做到自己的脸上有适当的泪痕和害怕的样子。
6.At three I left the workhouse kitchen and went back to the spike. The, boredom in that crowded, comfortless room was now unbearable.
下午三点钟，我离开贫民院的厨房，回到收容站，越发感觉食堂里拥挤不堪，乏味和烦闷让人崩溃。
7.The site only allowed for the building to be one room deep, as a workhouse and a barracks lay immediately behind.
选址地仅能容纳一屋之深的建筑，因为一个教养所和一个警察局紧靠它的后身。
8.Mrs Symmons sent for a hackney coach to remove Eliza and her dead child from her house to the Marylebone Workhouse infirmary.
接着西蒙斯夫人雇了一辆四轮大马车把伊莉莎和夭折的孩子送到救济院的医院。
9.Also, I had my dinner from the workhouse table, and it was one of the biggest meals I have ever eaten.
我还在贫民院的午餐桌上有了一席之地，享用了一顿前所未有的饕餮大餐。
10.He was convinced by the three marks, and the children were taken from the workhouse.
但三个指印说服了他，于是他便带着孩子们离开了济贫院。