单词 | peonage |
释义 | peonage (once / 37285 pages) n WORD FAMILY peonage USAGE EXAMPLESThe Roosevelts recognized that wage peonage, or any system that inclines toward subsistence level, is simply incompatible with self-determination. The Guardian(Sep 17, 2016) Debt peonage is hitting college students as banks load them up with onerous loans. Salon(Nov 13, 2015) The waters wound through a South that was still defined by agricultural labor and debt peonage. The New Yorker(Aug 24, 2015) 1n the condition of a peon Hyper subjection, subjugation forced submission to control by others 2n the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged Hyper pattern, practice a customary way of operation or behavior |
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