workhouse

US [ˈwɜrkˌhaʊs]
UK [ˈwɜː(r)kˌhaʊs]
  • n.（英国旧时的）济贫院
  • Web感化院；贫民院；贫民习艺所
Plural Form：workhouses  

Advanced E-C

E-C

E-E

Web Definition

workhouse
n.
1.
（英国旧时的）济贫院，劳动救济所(in Britain in the past) a building where very poor people were sent to live and given work to do

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,济贫院济贫院,感化院感化院,贫民院贫民院,贫民习艺所贫民习艺所
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
Oliver cried loudly. If he could have known that he was a workhouse orphan, perhaps he would have cried even more loudly.
奥利弗大声哭着。假如他已经知道自己是一个济贫院的孤儿，他可能会哭得更响些。
ào lì fú dà shēng kū zhe 。 jiǎ rú tā yǐ jīng zhī dào zì jǐ shì yī gè jì pín yuàn de gū ér , tā kě néng huì kū de gèng xiǎng xiē 。
www.kekenet.com
2.
Then I told him about the wastage of food in the workhouse kitchen, and what I thought of it.
我和他提起贫民院厨房浪费的那些食物，谈了我对此的看法。
wǒ hé tā tí qǐ pín mín yuàn chú fáng làng fèi de nà xiē shí wù , tán le wǒ duì cǐ de kàn fǎ 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
He had heard old men in the workhouse say it was a good place for brave boys, and that there was always work there for those that wanted it.
在济贫院里他听老人们说过，那是个勇敢的孩子去的好地方，而且在那儿很容易找到事做。
zài jì pín yuàn lǐ tā tīng lǎo rén men shuō guò , nà shì gè yǒng gǎn de hái zi qù de hǎo dì fang , ér qiě zài nà er hěn róng yì zhǎo dào shì zuò 。
www.kekenet.com
4.
You know, I feel very sorry for you, Workhouse, but the truth is your mother was a wicked woman.
你知道我很同情你，济贫院，但你妈妈其实是个坏女人。
nǐ zhī dào wǒ hěn tóng qíng nǐ , jì pín yuàn , dàn nǐ mā mā qí shí shì gè huài nǚ rén 。
www.kekenet.com
5.
When he reached the workhouse, he waited for a minute to make sure his face was suitably tearful and frightened.
他来到了济贫院，先在外面站了一会儿，好确实做到自己的脸上有适当的泪痕和害怕的样子。
tā lái dào le jì pín yuàn , xiān zài wài miàn zhàn le yī huì er , hǎo què shí zuò dào zì jǐ de liǎn shàng yǒu shì dàng de lèi hén hé hài pà de yàng zǐ 。
www.kekenet.com
6.
At three I left the workhouse kitchen and went back to the spike. The, boredom in that crowded, comfortless room was now unbearable.
下午三点钟，我离开贫民院的厨房，回到收容站，越发感觉食堂里拥挤不堪，乏味和烦闷让人崩溃。
xià wǔ sān diǎn zhōng , wǒ lí kāi pín mín yuàn de chú fáng , huí dào shōu róng zhàn , yuè fā gǎn jué shí táng lǐ yōng jǐ bù kān , fá wèi hé fán mèn ràng rén bēng kuì 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
The site only allowed for the building to be one room deep, as a workhouse and a barracks lay immediately behind.
选址地仅能容纳一屋之深的建筑，因为一个教养所和一个警察局紧靠它的后身。
xuǎn zhǐ de jǐn néng róng nà yī wū zhī shēn de jiàn zhù , yīn wèi yī gè jiào yǎng suǒ hé yī gè jǐng chá jú jǐn kào tā de hòu shēn 。
kouyitianxia.5d6d.com
8.
Mrs Symmons sent for a hackney coach to remove Eliza and her dead child from her house to the Marylebone Workhouse infirmary.
接着西蒙斯夫人雇了一辆四轮大马车把伊莉莎和夭折的孩子送到救济院的医院。
jiē zhe xī méng sī fū rén gù le yī liàng sì lún dà mǎ chē bǎ yī lì shā hé yāo zhé de hái zi sòng dào jiù jì yuàn de yī yuàn 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
Also, I had my dinner from the workhouse table, and it was one of the biggest meals I have ever eaten.
我还在贫民院的午餐桌上有了一席之地，享用了一顿前所未有的饕餮大餐。
wǒ hái zài pín mín yuàn de wǔ cān zhuō shàng yǒu liǎo yì xí zhī dì , xiǎng yòng le yī dùn qián suǒ wèi yǒu de tāo tiè dà cān 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
He was convinced by the three marks, and the children were taken from the workhouse.
但三个指印说服了他，于是他便带着孩子们离开了济贫院。
dàn sān gè zhǐ yìn shuō fú le tā , yú shì tā biàn dài zhe hái zi men lí kāi le jì pín yuàn 。
article.yeeyan.org