workhouse是什么意思

音标:英 [ˈwɜ:khaʊs]美 [ˈwɚkˌhaʊs]

(英)贫民习艺所, 济贫院, (美)感化院, 教养所

a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months

workhouse的用法和例句：

1. And you should count yourself lucky to have him here at the workhouse.

有他来这个济贫院 你也该自认走运

2. They do not see that the workhouse is for their own safety.

他们不明白 济贫院才能保护他们

3. Well, you'd be grateful of it if you were in the workhouse.

在救济院 能吃上就该谢天谢地了

4. You ask at any workhouse, you'll hear them talk of it.

随便问哪家济贫院都会有人说这个

5. His mother blames the workhouse for his demise.

认为是济贫院造成了他的死亡

6. His father might have died in the workhouse.

他父亲可能是死在济贫院呢

7. The workhouse mother lined us all up.

济贫院的嬷嬷让我们站成一队

8. The workhouse here is cold and damp and the children wild.

这里的救济院又冷又潮 小孩也缺乏管教

9. They stalked places of death, battlefields, workhouses, and slums.

他們在死亡之地徘徊 比如戰場 教養所 貧民區

10. There must be a workhouse or something of the sort that will take you in.

一定会有济贫院 之类的地方接收你的