“poor、law”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

poor-law

释义

poor-law|ˈpʊəlɔː, ˈpɔə-|
The law, or system of laws, relating to the support of paupers at the public expense.
1752T. Alcock (title) Observations on the Defects of the Poor Laws. [1758J. Massie Plan for Charity-Houses (title-p.), Considerations relating to the Poor and the Poor's-Laws of England.]1764R. Burn (title) The History of the Poor Laws.1818Cobbett Pol. Reg. XXXIII. 165 In these documents..the calamities of the nation have..been traced back to the Poor-Laws.1838Lytton Alice ii. vii, The abuses of the old poor-laws were rife in his neighbourhood.
b. attrib., as poor-law bill, poor-law officer, poor-law system, etc.; poor-law parish: see parish n. 2.
1835Marryat Olla Podr. xi. How the new Poor Law Bill will work remains to be proved.1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago viii, In the present dependent condition of poor-law medical officers.
Hence ˈpoor-lawism (nonce-wd.), the framing and practical application of poor-laws.
1858S. G. Osborne in Times 12 Nov. 7/4 Something more was wanted than stringent poorlawism.

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