网络释义英英释义
除了私人诊所外，许多现代医院来源于慈善机构，过去叫救济院(almshouse)，也称贫民所(poor house)。它们不仅是病人的避难所，也是老人、无家可归者、末婚妈妈和孤儿的住所。
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
poorhouse /ˈpʊəˌhaʊs, ˈpɔː-/
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N (formerly) a publicly maintained institution offering accommodation to the poor (旧)济贫院
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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他出生在一个穷苦之家。
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No one believes that the old couple are still living in a poor house.
没有人会相信那对老夫妻还在一座破房子里住着。
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You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house.
即使身处贫民院，你也可能享受一段愉快、兴奋、辉煌的时光。
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Poor health would later force him to leave London and settled at Down House near Kent,England.
VOA: special.2009.02.25
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Jackson's health had been poor during the last few months he spent in the White House.
VOA: special.2009.01.01
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The poor showing added to mounting pressure for Prime Minister Taro Aso to dissolve the Lower House of the parliament and call a general election.
VOA: standard.2009.07.13
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