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
- Work Hard to Open up a New Prospect for Labour Union of Colleges
努力开创新世纪院校工会工作的新局面 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He delighted in hard manual labour.
他从繁重的体力劳动中得到极大的乐趣。 - The grain is reaped through the hard labour of the peasants.
粮食是农民用血汗换来的。 - Get nothing in reward for ones hard work Workers are paid for their labour.
辛苦工作而无任何报酬工作的人按劳获得报酬。 - Repairing the monetary union will require hard labour for years, but the alternative is worse.
修复货币联盟需要多年的艰苦努力，但其它选择更糟糕。 - 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。