| 单词 | starvation allowance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarvation allowance starvation allowance n. ΚΠ 1830 Q. Rev. May 250 John, with a wife and seven children, gets, as he would under a natural system, wages barely sufficient to keep them all from starving; but William, with a small family..gets likewise a starvation allowance. 1867 J. Campbell Balmerino iii. i. 166 The minister was placed on a starvation allowance. 1982 N. Loos Invasion & Resistance v. 151 There were known cases of gross ill-treatment of Aboriginal labour generally involving a starvation allowance of food, but sometimes involving physical and psychological cruelty. < as lemmas |
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