workhouses

henry ford built workhouses for poorer employees in brightmoor, on the city's western edge.

亨利•福特在底特律西部边缘的Brightmoor为较为穷困的职工建了贫民院。

We all have to pay for prisons and workhouses-they cost enough.

我们都要付钱给看守所和济贫院——这笔开销够大的了。

And the workhouses, where poor people can live and work? Are they still open?'

“还有可供穷人生活和工作的济贫院呢？它们还开着吗？”

some of the schools operated essentially as workhouses.

某些学校本质上就像囚犯工厂一样进行经营管理。

"and the union workhouses ? " demanded scrooge. "are they still in operation? "

「那麽，贫民习艺所协会呢？还有在运作吗？」司克洛奇追问。

But something went wrong. Hospitals got more grim and bleak, conflated with workhouses and prisons.

但经似乎有点念歪了，集救济所及监狱于一身的医院越发变得阴森与凄凉。

'and the workhouses, where poor people can live and work? are they still open? '

还有可供穷人生活和工作的济贫院呢？它们还开着吗？