| 释义 |
hard labourˌhard ˈlabour British English, hard labor American English noun [uncountable]   - And hard labour ... the railway navvies remembered by a rock band.
- But the hard labour for criminals which replaced judicial execution was so appalling that it was in effect a living death.
- Charged with obscenity the magistrates gave them six months hard labour each.
- He was given six months' hard labour after he refused on principle to pay the fine.
- However, an extra month's hard labour made good the loss.
- The Vote reported one incident of child assault in Surrey, where a man was sentenced to only four months hard labour.
- Theo took a shorter journey-to Wormwood Scrubs, where he did four months' hard labour.
- Workers who lose their jobs are sent to farm camps, along with bureaucrats doing two weeks' hard labour.
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