What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!
他們在濟貧院里過的生活真悲慘!
《簡明英漢詞典》
The beggar at last resorted to the workhouse.
最后,這個乞丐常去濟貧院.
辭典例句
There is always the workhouse.
無論什么時候都有濟貧院.
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Stella: The New York State sentence for a Peeping Tom is six months in the workhouse.
史黛拉: 偷窺狂在紐約州的法律是要判六個月工廠勞役的.
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In Oliver Twist, e traces an orphan’s progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London.
出自-2017年考研閱讀原文In Oliver Twist, he traces an orphan's progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London.
2017年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ