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单词 Speenhamland system
释义

Definition of Speenhamland system in English:

Speenhamland system

nounˈspiːnəmland
historical

  • A system of poor relief first adopted in the late 18th century and established throughout rural England in succeeding years.

    〈史〉斯品汉姆兰制度（18世纪末开始的一种济贫制度，后在整个英格兰农村地区确立）

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Speenhamland system, named after a meeting held in Speenhamland in 1795, was intended to help the rural poor.
    • The Speenhamland system was expensive to maintain, but it persisted until 1834, when a revised, much harsher Poor Law was voted through parliament.
    • In effect, the Speenhamland system set a maximum as well as a minimum standard of living.
    • Over the next decades, though never formally implemented in law, the basic principles of the Speenhamland system became widely adopted.
    • In 1793, the state gave allowances to wives and children of soldiers called to the militia, possibly providing a precedent for the Speenhamland system of 1795.

Origin

First adopted in Speenhamland, an English village near Newbury, Berks.
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