hard labour

英 [ˌhɑːd ˈleɪbə(r)]

美 [ˌhɑːrd ˈleɪbər]

n.  劳役; 苦役

法律

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

in AM, use 美国英语用 hard labor


• 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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Poor things, they should do hard labour in the day like the Chinese do.
  可怜人，他们应该向中国人一样在白天做繁重的体力劳动。
• 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。
• The grain is reaped through the hard labour of the peasants.
  粮食是农民用血汗换来的。
• Importantly, this means getting along with those who have been promoted internally after three years of hard labour as analysts.
  重要的是，这意味着要与那些经过三年艰苦分析员工作被内部提升为经理的人打交道。
• 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 sentence was two years 'hard laBour suspended for a year.
  判处强劳两年，缓期执行一年。
• Statistics are hard to come by. But labour lawyers and court reports indicate that the number of employment disputes has soared, with sacked workers increasingly claiming back overtime.
  统计数据很难获得，但劳动事务律师和法院的报告显示，劳资纠纷数量出现了激增，越来越多的被辞退员工要求获得之前的加班工资。
• 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。
• Unlike specific labor, abstract labor is intangible and cannot be measured. As time goes by, it will become increasingly hard to differentiate between mental and manual labour.
  抽象劳动不同于具体劳动那样可视可量。将来，脑力劳动和体力劳动更分不开来。
• 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。