| 单词 | child labour |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschild labour child labour n. †(a) the process of childbirth; = labour n. 8a (obsolete); (b) the use of children in industry or business, esp. when illegal or considered inhumane. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [adjective] > labour or pains in travailc1300 travailingc1405 labouring1540 child labour1585 laborious1615 in labour1623 1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. xliii. 238 Childlabour neere hande, or newe fulfilled, argueth the part to bee inflamed through store of milke. 1738 Med. Ess, & Observ. (ed. 2) IV. xxxiii. 444 I thought it proper to send you the following History of a Woman who died in Child-Labour. 1817 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire III. 503 An almost incessant state of extended war.., since most of the Spinning Mills were erected, and the system of Child-labour began, which I am now deprecating. 1839 Med. Times 5 Oct. 12/3 An inquest ought generally to be held where death has followed on child labour. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 448 Limitation of child-labor. 1930 C. E. Morgan Origin & Hist. N.Y. Employing Printers' Assoc. iv. 44 The Typographical Association of New York..denounced child labor, especially the use of roller boys. 1986 New Scientist 9 Oct. 18/3 The institute argues that child labour perpetuates the backwardness of the most disadvantaged people in India. 2009 Independent 2 Nov. 23/1 Federal authorities said spot checks on farms in the state of Michigan found that more than half were violating child labour or migrant housing rules. < as lemmas |
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