| 单词 | labour conscription |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslabour conscription d. Compulsory enlistment for any state service; esp. forced labour. Also: an instance of this. Esp. in labour conscription. ΚΠ 1868 Calcutta Rev. 47 192 No sound principle is violated even if Government institutes a sort of labour conscription in Bengal. 1917 Cigar Makers' Official Jrnl. Nov. 8/1 No conscription of labor or form of compulsion is contemplated by the Department of Labor. 1963 S. M. Soloviev in M. Raeff Peter the Great 80 The Russians had no respite from conscriptions: into difficult and continuous military service in the infantry and the newly-formed navy; for newly-organized heavy labor duty in distant and unattractive regions; into schools and for study assignments abroad. 1981 Washington Post 30 Dec. a16/5 Polish authorities were considering labor conscription for men between the ages of 18 and 45 ‘who do not work or study.’ 2005 Canad. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 38 3 People compelled to work for the state by the grain monopoly, food rationing and labour conscription would be people the state could easily control. < as lemmas |
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