hard labour meaning in English
(囚犯的)强迫苦役。
Examples
- Old age disabled him for hard labour .
年迈使他不能胜任繁重工作了。 - He was sentenced to five years at hard labour .
他被判五年劳役。 - She would have been doing hard labour in prison .
她得关到监狱里去做苦工。 - His palms were excoriated by the hard labour of shoveling .
他的手掌因挖土之苦工而破皮了。 - Such an offence shall be punished by detention in prison or at hard labour .
这样的罪行将处以监禁或服苦役。