| 单词 | workhouse |
| 释义 | workhouse noun[C] uk/ˈwɜːk.haʊs/us/ˈwɝːk.haʊs/abuildingwhere verypoorpeopleinBritainused towork, in the past, inexchangeforfoodandshelter （英国旧时的）劳动济贫所Compare poorhouse Houses & homes
Examplesofworkhouseworkhouse A properly regulated unionworkhousewould perhaps deter the great numbers of casual applicants and control those who entered its doors. From theCambridge English Corpus We have also excluded almost 14 per cent of the patients group who were inmates of workhouses and other institutions in 1851 and 1881. From theCambridge English Corpus Local government provided medical care for paupers free of charge in their homes or in aworkhouseinfirmary. From theCambridge English Corpus Presumably workhouses and longstay hospitals at one time appeared equally established but both are now rare beasts. From theCambridge English Corpus In the country a home is still just theworkhouse, a place for paupers. From theCambridge English Corpus This was a tendency only, and is not clear-cut for all workhouses. From theCambridge English Corpus The working classes who were not poor enough for theworkhousewere housed in appalling conditions provided almost entirely by private landlords. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time, civil servants calculated that compelling all poor law claimants to enter theworkhousewas too expensive. From theCambridge English Corpus Others could not even gain admittance to theworkhouse. From theCambridge English Corpus This effectively leftworkhousechildren parentless, or rather, the new poor law and its functionaries became the institutional parents of a newly created orphan class. From theCambridge English Corpus In theworkhousethere is of necessity a dead level of monotony - there are many persons but no individuals. From theCambridge English Corpus They provided detailed descriptions of the escapees, even offering rewards for their return and threats of theworkhousewhen finally recaptured. From theCambridge English Corpus The oldest and poorest women were likely to be dependent, but in the homes of others or in workhouses rather than residing with close kin. From theCambridge English Corpus Real as distinct from illustory changes might be due to the presence of aworkhouse, for instance. From theCambridge English Corpus He favoured a punitiveworkhousesystem to keep the able-bodied male up to the mark. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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