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
- And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
正在艰难的时候，收生婆对她说，不要怕，你又要得一个儿子了。 - 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。 - 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。 - He delighted in hard manual labour.
他从繁重的体力劳动中得到极大的乐趣。 - Considering that hospital managers work hard on reducing the labour costs and raising the labour efficacy, we suggest that managers should pay attention on increasing hospital manpower and improving the service quality increasingly.
认为医院在降低劳动成本、提高劳动效益方面做了积极努力，提请各方注意医院人力的投入，以保证医院服务质量的不断提高。 - Perhaps hard physical labour is still needed for the family to make its living.
也许是因为维持家庭生计动仍然很需要体力劳动； - Such an offence shall be punished by detention in prison or at hard labour.
这样的罪行将处以监禁或服苦役。 - 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。 - 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。