poorhouse
poorhouse 英 ['pɔːhaʊs;'pʊəhaʊs] 美 ['pɔrhaʊs]
n. 救济院
名词复数:poorhouses
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- n. 救济院
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1. Transport most of us to ancient Rome and we’ll find ourselves in a poorhouse or slave barracks.
把我们中的大多数传送到古罗马去，基本只能住救济院或奴隶营房呢。
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2. The fact is, if the task were left entirely up to him, we’d be in the poorhouse on just his purchases of mega-jars of pickles.
事实是，如果这个任务完全交给他，我们会因为他购买大罐腌菜而住在救济院中。
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3. And since we’re obligated to link our credit cards to Apple, micropayments are built in, providing traditional media companies with at least a hope of avoiding the poorhouse.
而且由于我们必须将信用卡账户与苹果公司相关联，才能内置小额支付功能，从而至少能使传统的媒体公司能够避开消费不起的人群。
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