Gulag
/ˈguːlæg/noun
in sing.
1- a system of labour camps maintained in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955 in which many people died古拉格(苏联劳动改造营总管理局, 1930至1955年间苏联的劳动营系统, 很多人死于其中)。
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gulag
count noun a camp in this system, or any political labour camp(属于古拉格系统的)劳动营; 政治犯劳动营:the imprisonment of dissidents in a massive gulag.
持不同政见者在一个大劳动营中的关押。
词源
Russian, from G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh) lag(ereǐ) 'Chief Administration for Corrective Labour Camps'.