peonage

英汉释义

• n.

  1.雇用日工;做日工

  2.(美国东南部的)劳力偿债制

英英释义

• n.

  1.in Latin America and the southern United States, a former system under which a debtor was forced to work for a creditor until a debt was paid

  2.the status or condition of being a peon

英汉例句

• 1.Buying that car is placing himself into a form of peonage.

  买了那车就等于把自己变成了某种形式的”奴隶“。

• 2.To her, team sports represent the lowers form of peonage.

  在她眼中，团队比赛代表着苦工制度的最低级形式。