indentured
基本解释
- n.契约;合同;锯齿状的边缘;凹的部分
- (复数)indentures:师徒契约; 定期服务合同.
- vt.以契约束缚
英汉例句
- Some poor parents sell the children to affluent Haitians as indentured servants, or restaveks—from rester avec.
一些家境贫困的孩子被自己的父母作为契约佣工卖给海地的富人。 - West Africans were thought to have a greater resistance to the heat and the tropical diseases so slaves began to replace indentured white labour in the plantations.
一般来说,西非人更耐得住炎热的气候,对热带疾病有很强的抵抗力,于是在种植园中,奴隶渐渐取代签约的白人劳动力。 - Even the most patriotic humans can't compare: “It'd be like having an American flag tattooed to you at birth,” he says. “They are permanently indentured to their society.
即使最具爱国精神的人类也无法与之相比:“这就像一出生就在身上纹上个美国国旗,”他说道,“它们与它们所在的社会签订了终身契约。” - But in those numbers most are average and indentured by the way Green Cards are obtained.
FORBES: Rethinking the Concept of "Outliers": Why Non-Experts are Better at Disruptive Innovation - Indentured labour was abolished in 1920, after which many Indian migrants moved into the towns.
ECONOMIST: Fiji - Peruvian kidnappers mounted labour raids, spiriting the islanders away to lives of indentured servitude in South America.
ECONOMIST: Easter Island
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- indentured labour [劳经]契约劳工
- indentured servants 契约劳工
- Indentured Labor 契约劳动;契约劳工
- Indentured Labors 契约劳工
- indentured servant 契约佣工;契约奴;契约佣仆;[劳经]契约仆役
短语
英英字典
- In the past, an indentured servant was one who was forced to work for someone for a period of time, because of an agreement made by people in authority or to settle a debt.
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 发行条件
- 双联合同
- 双联契约
- 契约