labour camp

英 [ˈleɪbə kæmp]

美 [ˈleɪbər kæmp]

n.  (强迫囚犯做苦工的)劳改营

法律

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 labor camp


• （强迫囚犯做苦工的）劳改营
  Alabour campis a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.

英英释义

noun

• a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor
  Synonym:labor camp

双语例句

• When these were imposed by Harold Wilson's UK Labour government for three years there was hardly a word of protest from Labour's supposedly enlightened intellectual camp followers.
  在英国工党首相哈罗德威尔逊（HaroldWilson）实施这方面限制的三年间，理应开明的工党知识分子拥趸者，几乎从未表示过抗议。
• He was sentenced to10 years in a labour camp.
  他被判处劳动改造10年。
• He first met Rosa at a marble quarry labour camp in Silesia, then part of eastern Germany, where she worked as a translator.
  他第一次见到罗莎是在西里西亚的一个大理石采石场劳动营，那里地处德国的东部，她在那儿担任翻译。
• It is worth remembering that in some countries and some eras, being overheard telling or laughing at just one of these jokes could mean you died in a labour camp;
  需知在某些国家、某些历史时期，讲笑话者若被有心人偷听或者仅仅无意谈笑之间就意味着你可能招来杀身之祸。
• We feared that at any moment we could be sent to a hard labour camp.
  我们害怕不知道什么时候就会被送去劳改营。