| 单词 | poorhouse |
| 释义 | poorhouse noun[C] uk/ˈpɔː.haʊs/us/ˈpʊr.haʊs/in the past, abuildingin whichextremelypoorpeoplecouldliveand befed,paidfor by thepublic 贫民院，济贫院Compare workhouse Houses & homes
Examplesofpoorhousepoorhouse Secondly, the founding of apoorhousemeant better possibilities for taking care of the poor. From theCambridge English Corpus Those elderly and disabled who were in hospitals were to be moved to poorhouses, in order to separate medical care from poor relief. From theCambridge English Corpus When these groups were moved to the poorhouses, the money could then be spent on needy children. From theCambridge English Corpus The only help available to the elderly person was from the healthier paupers in thepoorhouse. From theCambridge English Corpus Poorhousesuperintendents were some of the first to be employed in municipal poor-relief, and little by little they were also allowed to appoint auxiliaries. From theCambridge English Corpus In time, rural municipalities also started to employ superintendents for their poorhouses, sometimes a married couple. From theCambridge English Corpus One was a very old servant who ended up in thepoorhouse, and another was a woman who died at the age of 82. From theCambridge English Corpus She was registered as a domestic servant and ended up in thepoorhousewhere she spent the last year of her life. From theCambridge English Corpus For those who lived in poorhouses, both the ' caring ' and the supervisory tasks were performed by other, somewhat younger and healthier, paupers. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, several parishes did not have any poorhouses. From theCambridge English Corpus Some women were poor and probably got some outdoor relief, but few entered thepoorhouse. From theCambridge English Corpus The last resort was lodging in small poorhouses, where they could get at least shelter, firewood and some food to cook for themselves. From theCambridge English Corpus And states relied on these entities to perform vital constitutional responsibilities such as tax collection, as well as regulating the licensure of taverns or the provision of schools or poorhouses. From theCambridge English Corpus The largest group of old men could be found living near fellow-workers, but more than a quarter spent their last days in institutions like thepoorhouse. From theCambridge English Corpus Borstal institutions as approved schools, and thepoorhouseas a home of rest, or words to that effect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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