poorhouse

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Transport most of us to ancient Rome and we’ll find ourselves in a poorhouse or slave barracks.
把我們中的大多數(shù)傳送到古羅馬去，基本只能住救濟(jì)院或奴隸營(yíng)房呢。
The Merricks took her out of the poorhouse years ago; and if her loyalty would let her, I guess the poor old thing could tell tales that would curdle your blood.
他出來(lái)時(shí)說(shuō)，“梅里克家多年前把她從貧民院里接出來(lái)；要不是怕壞了主人家的名聲，那可憐的人兒講出來(lái)的事兒，我猜，會(huì)嚇得你靈魂出竅。
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.
而且由于我們必須將信用卡賬戶與蘋果公司相關(guān)聯(lián)，才能內(nèi)置小額支付功能，從而至少能使傳統(tǒng)的媒體公司能夠避開消費(fèi)不起的人群。

Yet another study has come out showing that having children is, for women at least, a one way ticket to the poorhouse.
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And then there was a strong countersentiment that said, 'That's a mistake, a scientist is going to take you to the poorhouse.
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If they settle in at 16, you can look forward to a 6%-plus real return--less than what people were expecting but not a ticket to the poorhouse, either.
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in the past, a building in which extremely poor people could live and be fed, paid for by the public