"workhouses" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 济贫院
• 贫民收容所

Definition

济贫院是过去主要在英国存在的机构，极度贫困的人在这里劳动换取食物和住宿。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于历史用词，一般指英国维多利亚时期的机构。多见于文学和历史课，和现代收容所不同。'workhouses' 往往条件艰苦，名声不佳。

Examples

Many poor people lived in workhouses during the 1800s.

19世纪时，许多穷人住在**济贫院**里。

Children in workhouses had to do hard labor.

**济贫院**里的孩子们必须干苦活。

Charles Dickens wrote about workhouses in his novels.

查尔斯·狄更斯在小说中描写了**济贫院**。

For many, the thought of workhouses brings images of misery and strict rules.

对许多人来说，提到**济贫院**就想到苦难和严苛的规矩。

Before social welfare, workhouses were the only option for the desperate.

在有社会福利之前，**济贫院**是绝望者唯一的选择。

Stories from the old workhouses can be shocking to read today.

如今读到老**济贫院**的故事可能令人震惊。