peonage是什么意思
2024-01-30 06:55:16
peonage
n. 当奴工偿债；其制度
英英释义
Noun
- the condition of a peon
- the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged
例句
- Its not too extreme to call it wage slavery or debt peonage (albeit at a rather high standard of living). 就算把他们称之为工资的奴隶或是债务的奴隶都不为过（即使是在一个相当高的生活标准下）。
- in the rural districts of the South this amounts to peonage and virtual slavery: all over the South it tends to crush labor and small business enterprises; 在南部乡村，这种不平等发展为劳役偿债和实际上的奴役制；在整个南部，它趋于挤垮劳方和小型企业；
- peonage labour 偿债劳动