"gulag" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 古拉格
• 苏联劳改营

Definition

古拉格是苏联时期的劳改营系统，许多人因政治原因被关押在那里，主要存在于20世纪30至50年代。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

通常专指苏联时期的劳改营，有时比喻极为残酷的管理或环境。词语来源于俄语。一般用于历史、政治语境，不用于普通监狱。

Examples

A gulag was a type of prison camp in the Soviet Union.

**古拉格**是苏联的一种劳改营。

Many people suffered in the gulag during the 1940s.

许多人在20世纪40年代的**古拉格**中受苦。

Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote about life in the gulag.

亚历山大·索尔仁尼琴写过关于**古拉格**的生活。

After his arrest, he disappeared into the gulag for years.

他被逮捕后消失在**古拉格**多年。

She jokes that her office feels like a gulag during busy season.

她开玩笑说自己办公室在旺季就像**古拉格**一样。

Stories of the gulag still shock people today.

关于**古拉格**的故事至今仍让人震惊。