poorhouse

US [ˈpʊrˌhaʊs]
UK [ˈpɔː(r)ˌhaʊs]
  • n.（英国旧时的）济贫院
  • Web救济院；贫民院；救济站
Plural Form：poorhouses  

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poorhouse
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
— see also
workhouse

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Definition:
AllAll,济贫院济贫院,救济院救济院,贫民院贫民院,救济站救济站
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1.
Cindy: That's why you married a penny-pincher. If I left it up to you, we'd be in the poorhouse by now!
辛迪：这就是你娶了个吝啬鬼的原因。要是凡是让你做主，我们现在就会住在救济院。
xīn dí : zhè jiù shì nǐ qǔ le gè lìn sè guǐ de yuán yīn 。 yào shi fán shì ràng nǐ zuò zhǔ , wǒ men xiàn zài jiù huì zhù zài jiù jì yuàn 。
t1.remword.cn
2.
The fact is, if the task were left entirely up to him, we'd be in the poorhouse on just his purchases of mega-jars of pickles.
事实是，如果这个任务完全交给他，我们会因为他购买大罐腌菜而住在救济院中。
shì shí shì , rú guǒ zhè ge rèn wu wán quán jiāo gěi tā , wǒ men huì yīn wèi tā gòu mǎi dà guàn yān cài ér zhù zài jiù jì yuàn zhōng 。
www.elanso.com
3.
Those who had no children or whose children were unable or unwilling to support them typically wound up in the poorhouse .
那些无儿无女的或其子女无能力、不愿意赡养他们的老人只能病死在救济院里。
nà xiē wú ér wú nǚ de huò qí zǐ nǚ wú néng lì 、 bù yuàn yì shàn yǎng tā men de lǎo rén zhǐ néng bìng sǐ zài jiù jì yuàn lǐ 。
www.showxiu.com
4.
More recent U. S. presidents have been far from the poorhouse but, in our judgment, were not among the top 10 while in office.
按照我们的判断，许多近代的美国总统不算是穷苦出身，但也不能跻身总统财富榜的前十位。
àn zhào wǒ men de pàn duàn , xǔ duō jìn dài de měi guó zǒng tǒng bù suàn shì qióng kǔ chū shēn , dàn yě bù néng jī shēn zǒng tǒng cái fù bǎng de qián shí wèi 。
article.yeeyan.org
5.
He would push me in my go-cart out Market Street past the statue of the Indian and on out Rose Avenue to the poorhouse.
他经常推着我坐着的童车，穿过市场街（MarketStreet）的印第安人雕像，穿过玫瑰大道（RoseAvenue），来到贫民院。
tā jīng cháng tuī zhe wǒ zuò zhe de tóng chē , chuān guò shì chǎng jiē ( MarketStreet ) de yìn dì ān rén diāo xiàng , chuān guò méi guī dà dào ( RoseAvenue ) , lái dào pín mín yuàn 。
blog.sina.com.cn
6.
Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse.
虽然贫穷，你也应该热爱生活，因为即使在救济院，你也有自己的快乐、幸福与辉煌的时刻。
suī rán pín qióng , nǐ yě yīng gāi rè ài shēng huó , yīn wèi jí shǐ zài jiù jì yuàn , nǐ yě yǒu zì jǐ de kuài lè 、 xìng fú yǔ huī huáng de shí kè 。
learning.sohu.com
7.
As a result, the rich blink another time Heng Kong born, a simple and thrifty and the poorhouse so the annihilation.
于是，瞬时间又一有钱人横空出世，一个勤俭朴素的穷人家就这样湮没了。
yú shì , shùn shí jiān yòu yī yǒu qián rén héng kōng chū shì , yī gè qín jiǎn pǔ sù de qióng rén jiā jiù zhè yàng yān mò le 。
dictsearch.appspot.com
8.
The tax money is used to helped the prisons and the poorhouse, and that costs me enough.
税是用来帮助那些监狱和救济院的，并且那用了我很多钱。
shuì shì yòng lái bāng zhù nà xiē jiān yù hé jiù jì yuàn de , bìng qiě nà yòng le wǒ hěn duō qián 。
bb.wwenglish.org
9.
And poorhouse--there are still plenty of those, are there not?
还有救济院--也有很多，对不对？
hái yǒu jiù jì yuàn -- yě yǒu hěn duō , duì bu duì ?
bb.wwenglish.org
10.
You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse.
你也许有一些愉快，兴奋，光荣的时间，即使在贫民院。
nǐ yě xǔ yǒu yī xiē yú kuài , xīng fèn , guāng róng de shí jiān , jí shǐ zài pín mín yuàn 。
wenwen.soso.com
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