音标与读法

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中英文翻译

n.

1.雇用日工；做日工。

2.(美国东南部的)劳力偿债制。

the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged

the condition of a peon

例句与用法

1.Economic opportunity : we especially complain against the denial of equal opportunities to us in economic life ; in the rural districts of the south this amounts to peonage and virtual slavery : all over the south it tends to crush labor and small business enterprises ; and everywhere american prejudice , helped often by iniquitous laws , is making it more difficult for negro - americans to earn a decent living

谋生机会：我们对于经济生活中被剥夺平等机会，尤其不满；在南部乡村，这种不平等发展为劳役偿债和实际上的奴役制；在整个南部，它趋于挤垮劳方和小型企业；在各地，往往在不公正的法律支持下，美国人的偏见使美国黑人要想获得象样的生活水平更为困难。

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