workhouse

workhouse

[ˈwɜːkhaʊs]

n.囚犯工厂，贫民习艺所;

复数： workhouses

英文例句/中文翻译：

1、

Noah was a charity-boy, but not a workhouse orphan; he at least knew who his parents were.

诺厄是个慈善学校的男孩，但并不是济贫院里的孤儿；他起码还知道自己的父母是谁。

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2、

Workhouse emerged in the beginning of seventeenth century as an alternative form of relief, providing accommodation to the poor who could not make a living.

济贫院大约在17世纪初作为社会救济的补充形式出现，主要是向生活难以为续的贫民提供食宿。

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3、

But something went wrong. Hospitals got more grim and bleak, conflated with workhouses and prisons.

但经似乎有点念歪了，集救济所及监狱于一身的医院越发变得阴森与凄凉。

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