workhouses

英汉释义

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  1.济贫院;〈美〉感化院,劳动教养院

英英释义

• n.

  1.a poorhouse in Britain in the past

英汉例句

• 1.Some of the schools operated essentially as workhouses.

  某些学校本质上就像囚犯工厂一样进行经营管理。

• 2.Henry Ford built workhouses for poorer employees in Brightmoor, on the city's western edge.

  亨利•福特在底特律西部边缘的Brightmoor为较为穷困的职工建了贫民院。

• 3."And the Union workhouses ? " demanded Scrooge. "Are they still in operation? "

  「那麽，贫民习艺所协会呢？还有在运作吗？」司克洛奇追问。

• 4.'And the workhouses, where poor people can live and work? Are they still open? '

  还有可供穷人生活和工作的济贫院呢？它们还开着吗？