| 释义 |
ptoˈchology
[f. as prec. + -logy.]
The scientific study of pauperism, unemployment, etc.
1891W. Tuckwell in Review of Churches 15 Dec. 174 The parson..is, by vertue of his office, an adept in what Dean Mansel used to call ptochology, the science which estimates and classifies pauperage, mendicancy, unemploy. |