hard labour
英 [ˌhɑːd ˈleɪbə(r)]
美 [ˌhɑːrd ˈleɪbər]
n. 劳役; 苦役
牛津词典
noun
- 劳役；苦役
punishment in prison that involves a lot of very hard physical work
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT （作为刑罚的）苦工，苦役
Hard labouris hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.- The sentence of the court was twelve years' hard labour, to be served in a British prison.
法庭判其在一所英国监狱里服12年苦役。
- The sentence of the court was twelve years' hard labour, to be served in a British prison.
in AM, use 美国英语用 hard labor
双语例句
- The sentence of the court was twelve years 'hard labour, to be served in a British prison.
法庭判其在一所英国监狱里服12年苦役。 - Theirs is a life of hard labour and long hours.
她们的生活是一种长时间艰苦劳动的生活。 - The grain is reaped through the hard labour of the peasants.
粮食是农民用血汗换来的。 - 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。 - This I did by mere mallet and chisel, and by hard labour, till I HAD a very handsome boat.
干这些活时，我只有槌子和凿子，劳动非常艰苦。 - He believes they will be hard hit by rising labour costs in China and by higher global steel prices.
他认为，中国劳动力成本上升和国际钢铁价格走高，将对中国造船企业造成沉重打击。 - The developing economics and advancing science, free the people from the hard physical labour, but the "civilized disease" and "rich disease" influence their health.
经济的发展，科学的进步把人们从繁重的体力劳动中解放出来，随之而来的“文明病”“富贵病”却又影响着人们的身体健康。 - Mr Clinton travelled on what the Obama administration characterised as a "private mission" to obtain the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two US journalists sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labour for illegally entering the country.
克林顿此行被奥巴马政府称作“私人使命”，目的是争取让这两名记者获释，她们因非法进入朝鲜，在6月份被判处12年劳动教化。 - Madagascar's exiled former president has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for ordering the killing of opposition supporters.
马达加斯加被流放的前总统因下令屠杀反对派支持者被判处无期劳役徒刑。 - He delighted in hard manual labour.
他从繁重的体力劳动中得到极大的乐趣。